Physiology 2130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Male Reproductive System, Folliculogenesis, Seminiferous Tubule
16 Aug 2017
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Detail basic structures and their functions in the male reproductive system. Understand the anatomy of the testes and the function of the various cell types and structures. Describe spermatogenesis with all of the stages of cell division, beginning with spermatogonia. List the secretions found in semen and the glands that produce these. Briefly outline one disease/condition affecting the male reproductive system. No, this is the one system in the body not involved in homeostasis. Testes are located in the scrotum, found externally in humans. If testes temperature is too cold, muscles contract and your balls rise. If testes temperature is too warm, muscles relax and your balls drop. Seminiferous tubules inside: 80% of weight of testes. After sperm is made, it is shuttled to epididymis to be stored: sperm has no swimming capacity until it reaches epididymis, after a month, if ejaculation doesn"t occur, the body breaks down and recycles the.
