BIOL 3310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Ejaculatory Duct, Vas Deferens, Tumescence
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Organs that produce the gamete - testes or ovaries. Resolution: sympathetic signals constrict internal pudendal artery and reduce blood ow to phallus penis becomes soft and accid (detumescence) cardiovascular and respiratory reaction return to pattern. Bacterium l sexually transmitted diseases: bacteria are a common cause of stds bacteria causing stds survive poorly on inanimate objects and are thus transmitted via sexual sexual intercourse examples of bacterial stds gonorrhea syphilis . Testis and associated complex body part: low bp of testicular arterial blood vessel results in poor o2 supply sperm develop very large mitochondria portion them survive the hypoxic environs of the female reproductive tract. Trichomoniasis: protozoan venus"s curse trichomonas vaginalis signboard and symptoms female -foul-smelling, yellow-special k vaginal discharge and vaginal irritation males-typically asymptomatic transmission primarily via sexual intercourse most common curable std in adult female. Accessory glands: seminal vesicles posterior to bladder empty into ampulla prostate secretor gland below bladder .
