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| The male urinary and sexual organ. Major organ of male sexual pleasure and is homologous to the female clitoris. |
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| A thick, whitish secretion of the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa and secretions from the seminal vesicles, prostate, and bulbourethral glands. |
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| The hardening of the penis caused by blood engorging the erectile tissue. |
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| area in the penis that fill with blood during erection. |
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| "Spongy body" the erectile tissue in the penis that contains the urethra. |
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| The flaring, enlarged region at the end of the penis. |
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| The ridge of the glans penis. |
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| Fold of skin on the underside of the penis. |
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| The urethral opening at the opening of the penis. |
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| The fold of skin that covers the glans penis; also called the prepuce. |
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| The surgical removal of the foreskin of the penis. |
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| The collected products of sweat and oil glands that can accumulate under the foreskin. |
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| External pouch of skin that contains the testicles |
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| the suspender muscle that raises and lowers the scrotum to control scrotal temperature. |
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| involuntary ejaculation during sleep, also referred to as a wet dream. |
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| the production of sperm in the testes. |
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| The tightly coiled ducts located in the testes where spermatozoa are produced |
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| an immature sperm cell that will develop into a spermatocyte |
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| the intermediate stage in the growth of a sperm cell |
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| final intermediate stage in production of sperm |
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| tail like end of sperm that propels it forward |
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| cell responsible for the production of testosterone |
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| a comma shaped organ that sits atop the testicle and holds sperm during maturation |
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| one of two long tubes that convey the sperm from the testes and in which other fluids are mixed to create semen |
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| reflex ejection or expulsion of semen from the penis |
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| base of vas deferens, where the vas hooks up over the ureter of the bladder |
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| the pair of pouch like structures lying next to the urinary bladder that secrete a component of semen into the ejaculatory ducts. |
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| a tube that transports spermatozoa from the vas deferns to the urethra |
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| a doughnut shaped gland that wraps around the urethra as it comes out of the bladder, contributing fluid to the semen. |
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| one of a pair of glands located under the prostate gland on either side of the urethra that secretes a fluid into the urethra; also called cowper's gland. |
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| any part of the body which when stimulated induces a sense of sexual excitement or desire. |
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| the hormonal changes accompanying old age in men that correspond to menopause in women. |
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| a disease in which bones become fragile and more likely to break. |
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| a condition in which there is a deficiency in the oxygen carrying material of the blood. |
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| canal through which the testes descent into the scrotum |
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| a condition in which the testes fail to descend into the scrotum. |
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| the twisting of a testis on its spermatic cored, which can cause severe pain and swelling. |
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| a condition in which erections are long lasting and often painful. |
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| Abnormal calcification in penis, which may cause painful curvature, often making sexual intercourse impossible. |
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| the general name for male hormones such as testosterone and androsterone. |
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| a condition in which the intestines bulge through a hole in the abdominal muscles of the groin. |
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| a condidtion in which there is an excessive accumulation of fluid within the tissue surrounding the testicle, which causes a scrotal mass. |
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| benign prostatic hypertrophy |
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| the common enlargement of the prostate that occurs in most men after about age 50 |
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| prostate-specific antigen |
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| Blood test that measures levels of molecules that are overproduced by prostate cancer cells, enabling physicians to identify prostates cancer. |
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| the surgical removal of the prostate. |
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| the use of radioactivity in the treatment of cancer |
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