HLTH 354 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Microscope Slide, Trichomoniasis, Neisseria Gonorrhoeae
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Medical specialty studies a&p of male genitourinary system and uses diagnostic tests, medical and surgical procedures, and drugs to treat male reproductive diseases. Anatomy: external and internal genital organs aka genitalia: external genitalia. Scrotum: soft pouch of skin behind penis and in front of legs. Muscles in wall contract/relax to move closer to/farther away from body to adjust temp. changes. Also fxn as pt. of endocrine system. Act as endocrine glands; secretes hormone testosterone. Epididymis: long, tightly coiled tube (over 20 ft. ) attached to outer wall of each testis. W/in: head of each spermatozoon=given cap-like layer of enzymes helps penetrate and fertilize ovum of female destroys defective spermatozoa didym/o- testis. Penis: also fxns as organ in urinary system. Uncircumcised males: urethral meatus=covered by prepuce/foreskin of penis. 3 columns of erectile tissue fill w/blood during sexual arousal causing penis to become firm and erect. Vas deferens: long tube receives spermatozoa from epididymis; connects external to internal.
