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MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

MALE SYSTEM
1. TESTES

2. DUCTS
EPIDIDYMIS AND SPERM DUCT

3. GLANDS
3.1 Prostrate
3.2 Cowper
3.3 Seminal vesicles

4. PENIS
1. Scrotum: temperature regulator and protection (2-
3°C lower)

2. Testes:
2.1 seminiferous tubules 250m

2.2 germinal epithelium ( produce sperm)

2.3 interstitial cells or cells of Leydig (produce

testosterone)

2.4 cells of Sertoli-(form nutrients)

Cross section of the seminiferous tubule
 3. Ducts

3.1 epididymis
5m

immature sperm enter where

they mature and are stored
3.2 sperm duct
( vas deferens)

pushes mature sperm forward by strong

peristaltic waves (muscle contractions).
EJACULATION
 3.3 URETHRA

TRANSPORT OF SEMEN
AND URINE
 PROSTATE GLAND

SECRETES A FLUID THAT

AIDS THE TRANSPORT OF
SPERM
Cowper’s Gland

Two glands at the base of the penis.

The alkaline mucous-like fluid:
1. neutralizes acidic urine
2. lubricates the urethra and
3. protect the sperm from mechanical
damage during ejaculation
 PENIS
erection

Deposits semen with sperm into

the vagina
It consists of spongy (Erectile) tissue
There are three sections of erectile tissue
2 dorsal: corpus cavernosa
1 ventral: corpus spongiosum
The dilation of dorsal and central
arteries supply blood to the penis.
This allows more blood to fill the
spongy erectile chambers, causing
the penis to lengthen and stiffen:
Erection
 Semen

consists of:

1. sperm
2. seminal fluid
 Homework:
Learning activity 2
Number 1 to 12
page 91-92

AND STUDY PLEASE!