09 Male Reproductive System

hormone that stimulates development of male secondary sex characteristics, such as beard growth and deepening of voice (testosterone) Produced in testes, adrenal glands

failure in male sperm cells production as well as ejaculation of semen (fluid and sperm cells)

lack of spermatozoa in the semen (testicular dysfunction, chemo blockage, vasectomy)

Benign prostatic hypertrophy or hyperplasia

use of extremely cold temperatures to freeze or destroy tissue

one or both testes fail to descend from the abdomen in the scrotal sac near the time of birth

inflammation of the epididymis (fever, chills, pain in groin, tender, swollen epididymis)

STD transmitted infection involving inflammation of the genital tract mucous membranes and caused by gonococci bacteria (berry-shaped bacteria)

sac of clear fluid within the scrotum hernia within the scrotum

scanty sperm count

removal of testis= castration

surgical fixation of an undescended testis (Cryptorchism) in the scrotum

removal of prostate gland

increased growth of the prostate gland in numbers of cells

inflammation of the prostate gland

one of a pair of sac like male exocrine glands lying behind the urinary bladder and opening into the vas deferens it secretes fluid that is the major part of semen

sperm cells

a benign tumor occurring in the testes composed of different type of tissue, such as bone, hair cartilage and skin cells

male gonad that produces spermatozoa (sperm cells) and the hormone testosterone

male hormone secreted by the interstitial cells of the testes, responsible for male characteristics

thru the urethra removal of prostate transurethral prostectomy

enlarged, dilated veins near a testicle, associated with oligospermia and azoospermia

narrow tube that carries sperm from the epididymis into the body, around the urinary bladder toward the urethra

removal of a piece of each vas deferens and tying off each end