Nursing HAP201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Male Reproductive System, Vas Deferens, Seminal Vesicle
13 Jun 2016
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The reproductive system consists of those organs whose function is to produce a new individual. The sex organs in the male and female can be divided as: primary sex organs i. e. those production male and female gametes, secondary (or accessory) sex organs i. e. those concerned with carriage of gametes and other functions. There are a pair of testes producing spermatozoa (male gametes) while in females are a pair of ovaries producing ovum (female gamete). These primary sex organs in addition to producing male and female gametes secrete male and female hormones as well. Accessory sex organs in the male: epididymis gland, vas deferens, seminal vesicles, prostrate gland, urethra, penis. There is one pair of testes lying one in each scrotal sac. The scrotum is a bag of skin having two. Separate compartments, one for each testis lying at the root of the penis. Each testis is covered with a layer of fibrous tissue called tunica albuginea.
