Male Reproductive Tract Flashcards
(21 cards)
What are the layers of the testes
Tunica vaginalis
Tunica albuginea
Tunica vasculosa
What is the outer layer of the testes
Tunica vaginalis
What is the tunica vaginalis
A projection of the peritoneum
What is the peritoneum
Later mesothelial cells on a basement membrane
What are the layers of the tunica vaginalis
visceral and parietal
What is the tunica albuginea
Collagen fibres with fibroblasts, myocytes and nerve fibres
What is the tunica vasculosa
Loose Connective tissue containing blood vessels and lymphatics
What is the path of sperm
Seminiferous tubules straigh tubules rete testis Efferent ducts Epididymis Vas deferens Ejaculatory duct Urethra
What is the testes divided into
Lobules containing seminiferous tubules
Where are Sertoli cells located
The basement membrane of seminiferous tubules
What is the sperm tale made up of
An axoneme wrapped by plasma membrane
Where are Leydig cells found
Between seminiferous tubules
What is the epididymis lined bye
columnar cells with long cilia
What is the vas deferens lined by
Pseudostratified columnar epithelium and thick muscular wall
What does the prostates surround
The bladder neck and prostatic urethra
What does the prostate produce
Prostate specific antigen
What does prostate specific antigen do
Helps to liquefy semen
What do the seminal vesicles contain
Vacuoles and lipofuscin
What do the seminal vesicle secretions contain 
70-80 % of the ejaculate Fructose Prostaglandins Proteins Amino acids
What surrounds the penile urethra
Corpus spongiosa
Why is it important that the court for spongiosa and corpus cavernosum are surrounded by dense fibrous connective tissue
When the vascular spaces are filled with blood causes a penis to engorge and become erect
