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| THE PAIRED, OVAL ____, OR ____, LIE SUSPENDED IN THE SACLIKE SCROTUM OUTSIDE THE ABDOMINOPELVIC CAVITY. |
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| T OR F: VIABLE SPERM CAN BE PRODUCED AT BODY TEMPERATURE IN HUMANS. |
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| THE SCROTUM, WHICH PROVIDES A TEMPERATURE ABOUT ____ LOWER, IS AN ESSENTIAL ADAPTATION. |
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Definition
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Term
| ____ DIVIDE THE TESTIS INTO ____ LOBULES EACH ONE CONTAINING ONE TO FOUR SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES, THE SITE FOR ____. |
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Definition
| SEPTA, 250-300, SPERMATOGENESIS |
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Term
| THE ____ OF EACH LOBULE CONVERGE TO FORM A ____ (STRAIGHT TUBULE ) THAT CONVEYS SPERM INTO THE ____, A TUBULAR NETWORK LOCATED ON ONE SIDE OF THE TESTIS. |
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Definition
| SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES, TUBULUS RECTUS, RETE TESTIS |
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Term
| SPERM LEAVE THE TESTIS THROUGH THE ____ AND ENTER THE ____ WHICH HUGS THE EXTERNAL SURFACE OF THE TESTIS. |
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Definition
| EFFERENT DUCTULES, EPIDIDYMIS |
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Term
| LYING IN THE SOFT CONNECTIVE TISSUE SURROUNDING THE SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES ARE THE ____ OR ____ CELLS, THAT PRODUCE ____ (TESTOSTERONE). |
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Definition
| INTERSTITIAL OR LEYDIG, ANDROGENS |
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Term
| T OR F: THE SPERM-PRODUCING AND HORMONEPRODUCING FUNCTIONS OF THE TESTIS ARE CARRIED OUT BY THE SAME CELL POPULATIONS. |
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Definition
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Term
| THE TESTES RECEIVE THEIR ARTERIAL BLOOD SUPPLY FROM THE ____, WHICH ARISE FROM THE ____. |
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Definition
| TESTICULAR ARTERIES, ABDOMINAL AORTA |
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Term
| THE ____, WHICH DRAIN THE TESTES, FORM A VINELIKE NETWORK CALLED THE ____ AROUND THE TESTICULAR ARTERY. |
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Definition
| TESTICULAR VEINS, PAMPINIFORM PLEXUS |
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Term
| WHAT ABSORBS HEAT FROM THE ARTERIAL BLOOD, COOLING IT BEFORE IT ENTERS THE TESTES, THUS HELPING MAINTAIN THE TESTES AT THEIR HOMEOSTATIC TEMPERATURE? |
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Term
| THE ACCESSORY ORGANS FORMING THE DUCT SYSTEM, WHICH TRANSPORTS SPERM FROM THE BODY, ARE THE ____, ____, AND ____. |
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Definition
| EPIDIDYMIS, THE DUCTUS DEFERENS, AND THE URETHRA |
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Term
| WHAT IS A COILED TUBE ABOUT 6 M (20 FEET) LONG, ITS HEAD, WHICH RECEIVES IMMATURE SPERM FROM THE EFFERENT DUCTULES, CAPS THE SUPERIOR ASPECT OF THE TESTIS; ITS BODY AND TAIL REGIONS LIE ON THE POSTEROLATERAL ASPECT OF THE TESTIS? |
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Definition
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Term
| SOME OF THE CELLS OF THE EPIDIDYMIS' PSEUDOSTRATIFIED EPITHELIAL MUCOSA EXHIBIT LONG, NON-MOTILE MICROVILLI (____), WHICH ARE THOUGHT TO ABSORB FLUID OR TO PASS NUTRIENTS TO THE ____ IN THE LUMEN. |
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| WHERE ARE THE IMMATURE, NEARLY NON-MOTILE SPERM THAT LEAVE THE TESTIS STORED TEMPORARILY? |
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| DURING THE SPERMS' TRANSPORT ALONG THE EPIDIDYMIS (__ DAYS), THE SPERM BECOME BOTH ____ AND ____. |
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Definition
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Term
| WHEN A MALE IS SEXUALLY STIMULATED AND EJACULATES, THE SMOOTH MUSCLE IN THE WALLS OF THE EPIDIDYMIS CONTRACTS, EXPELLING SPERM FROM THE TAIL PORTION INTO THE NEXT SEGMENT OF THE DUCT SYSTEM, THE ____. |
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| WHAT IS ABOUT 18 INCHES LONG AND RUNS UPWARD FROM THE EPIDIDYMIS THROUGH THE INGUINAL CANAL INTO THE PELVIC CAVITY. IT THEN DESCENDS ALONG THE POSTERIOR ASPECT OF THE BLADDER AND ITS TERMINUS EXPANDS TO FORM THE AMPULLA AND JOINS WITH THE DUCT OF THE SEMINAL VESICLE TO FORM THE EJACULATORY DUCT, WHICH PASSES THROUGH THE PROSTATE GLAND AND MERGES WITH THE URETHRA? |
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Definition
| THE DUCTUS DEFERENS OR VAS DEFERENS |
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Term
| WHAT IS THE MAIN FUNCTION OF THE DUCTUS DEFERENS? |
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Definition
| TO PROPEL LIVE SPERM FROM THEIR STORAGE SITES, THE EPIDIDYMIS AND DISTAL PART OF THE DUCTUS DEFERENS, INTO THE URETHRA |
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Term
| AT THE MOMENT OF ____, THE THICK LAYERS OF SMOOTH MUSCLE IN ITS WALLS CREATE PERISTALTIC WAVES THAT RAPIDLY SQUEEZE THE SPERM FORWARD. |
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Term
| THE ____, SERVES BOTH THE URINARY AND REPRODUCTIVE SYST.; IT CONVEYS URINE AND SEMEN (AT DIFFERENT TIMES) TO THE TIP OF THE PENIS. |
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Definition
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Term
| WHAT ARE THE THREE CONTINUOUS REGIONS OF THE URETHRA? |
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Definition
--THE PROSTATIC URETHRA (THE PORTION IMMEDIATELY DRAINING THE BLADDER AND SURROUNDED BY THE PROSTATE GLAND)
--THE MEMBRANOUS URETHRA (THE PORTION THAT PASSES THROUGH THE UROGENITAL DIAPHRAGM)
--THE SPONGY (PENILE) URETHRA (WHICH RUNS THROUGH THE PENIS AND OPENS TO THE EXTERIOR AT THE EXTERNAL URETHRAL ORIFICE) |
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Term
| THE ACCESSORY GLANDS INCLUDE THE PAIRED ____ AND ____ AND THE SINGLE ____. |
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Definition
| SEMINAL VESICLES AND BULBOURETHRAL GLANDS, PROSTATE GLAND |
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Term
| WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE ACCESSORY GLANDS? |
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Definition
| PRODUCE THE BULK OF SEMEN (SPERM PLUS SECRETIONS OF ACCESSORY GLANDS AND DUCTS) |
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Term
| WHAT IS LOCATED AT THE BASE OF THE BLADDER, PRODUCE ABOUT 60% OF THE FLUID VOLUME OF SEMEN, THEIR SECRETION IS A YELLOWISH VISCOUS FLUID CONTAINING FRUCTOSE , ASCORBIC ACID, AMINO ACIDS, AND PROSTAGLANDINS? |
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Definition
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| THE DUCT OF EACH SEMINAL VESICLE JOINS THAT OF THE ____ ON THE SAME SIDE TO FORM THE ____. |
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Definition
| DUCTUS DEFERENS, EJACULATORY DUCT |
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Term
| ____ AND ____ MIX IN THE EJACULATORY DUCT AND ENTER THE PROSTATIC URETHRA TOGETHER DURING EJACULATION. |
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Definition
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Term
| WHAT IS A SINGLE GLAND ABOUT THE SIZE OF A WALNUT THAT ENCIRCLES THE UPPER PART OF THE URETHRA JUST BELOW THE BLADDER AND ITS SECRETION ACCOUNTS FOR UP TO ONE-THIRD OF THE SEMEN VOLUME, IS A MILKY ALKALINE FLUID THAT PLAYS A ROLE IN ACTIVATING SPERM? |
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Definition
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Term
| WHERE DOES THE PROSTATE GLAND SECRETIONS ENTER THE PROSTATIC URETHRA? |
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Definition
VIA SEVERAL DUCTS WHEN THE
PROSTATIC SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTS DURING EJACULATION |
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Term
| ____ OF THE PROSTATE GLAND, WHICH AFFECTS NEARLY EVERY ELDERLY MALE, STRANGLES THE URETHRA, MAKING URINATION DIFFICULT AND ENHANCING THE RISK OF ____ INFECTIONS (CYSTITIS) AND ____ DAMAGE. TREATMENT IS USUALLY ____. |
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Definition
| HYPERTROPHY, BLADDER, KIDNEY, SURGICAL |
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| ____ IS THE SINGLE MOST COMMON REASON FOR A MAN TO CONSULT A UROLOGIST, AND ____ IS THE THIRD MOST PREVALENT TYPE OF CANCER IN MEN. |
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Definition
| PROSTATITIS, PROSTATIC CANCER |
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Term
| WHAT ARE TINY PEA-SIZED GLANDS SITUATED INFERIOR TO THE PROSTATE GLAND AND PRODUCE A THICK, CLEAR MUCUS, WHICH DRAINS INTO THE SPONGY URETHRA? |
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Definition
| THE BULBOURETHRAL GLANDS (COWPER'S GLANDS) |
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Term
SECRETION FROM WHAT GLANDS IS RELEASED PRIOR TO EJACULATION WHEN A MALE FIRST BECOMES SEXUALLY EXCITED AND IS BELIEVED TO NEUTRALIZE TRACES OF
ACIDIC URINE IN THE URETHRA AND TO SERVE AS A LUBRICANT DURING SEXUAL INTERCOURSE? |
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Definition
| THE BULBOURETHRAL GLANDS (COWPER'S GLANDS) |
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Term
| WHAT IS A COPULATORY ORGAN, DESIGNED TO DELIVER SPERM INTO THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT? |
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Definition
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Term
| INTERNALLY, THE PENIS CONTAINS THE ____ URETHRA AND THREE COLUMNS OF ____ TISSUE. |
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Term
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| A SPONGY NETWORK OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE AND SMOOTH MUSCLE RIDDLED WITH VASCULAR SPACES |
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Term
| DURING SEXUAL EXCITEMENT, THE ____ SPACES FILL WITH BLOOD, CAUSING THE PENIS TO ENLARGE AND BECOME RIGID. THIS EVENT, CALLED ____, HELPS THE PENIS SERVE AS A PENETRATING ORGAN. |
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Term
THE MIDVENTRAL COLUMN OF ERECTILE TISSUE, THE ____, SURROUNDS THE URETHRA.
THE PAIRED DORSAL COLUMNS ARE CALLED THE ____. |
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Definition
| CORPUS SPONGIOSUM, CORPORA CAVERNOSA |
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Term
| WHAT IS A MILKY WHITE, SOMEWHAT STICKY FLUID MIXTURE OF SPERM AND ACCESSORY GLAND SECRETIONS AND THE LIQUID PROVIDES A TRANSPORT MEDIUM AND NUTRIENTS AND CONTAINS CHEMICALS THAT PROTECT THE SPERM AND FACILITATE THEIR MOVEMENT? |
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Definition
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Term
| ____ SPERM CELLS ARE CONTAINING VERY LITTLE CYTOPLASM OR STORED NUTRIENTS; THE ____ IN THE SEMINAL VESICLE SECRETION PROVIDES ESSENTIALLY ALL OF THEIR ENERGY FUEL. |
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Definition
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Term
| THE ____ IN SEMEN ARE THOUGHT TO DECREASE THE VISCOSITY OF MUCUS GUARDING THE ENTRY (CERVIX) OF THE UTERUS AND TO CAUSE ____ IN THE UTERUS, FACILITATING THE MOVEMENT OF SPERM THROUGH THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT. |
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Definition
| PROSTAGLANDINS, REVERSE PERISTALSIS |
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Term
| THE PRESENCE OF THE HORMONE ____ AND CERTAIN ENZYMES IN SEMEN ENHANCE SPERM ____ AND THE RELATIVE ALKALINITY OF PROSTATIC FLUID CAUSES SEMEN, AS A WHOLE, TO BE ____ (pH 7.2-7.6) AND HELPS NEUTRALIZE THE ____ ENVIRONMENT (pH 3.5-4) OF THE VAGINA, PROTECTING THE DELICATE SPERM AND ENHANCING THEIR MOTILITY. |
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Definition
| RELAXIN, MOTILITY, BASIC, ACID |
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Term
| THE AMOUNT OF SEMEN PROPELLED OUT OF THE MALE DUCT SYSTEM DURING EJACULATION IS RELATIVELY SMALL, ONLY ____, BUT THERE ARE BETWEEN ____ SPERM IN EACH MILLILITER. |
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Definition
| 2-6 ML, 50 AND 100 MILLION |
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Term
| WHAT IS THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS IN THE SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES OF THE TESTES THAT LEADS TO THE PRODUCTION OF MALE GAMETES, OR SPERM? |
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Definition
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Term
| SPERMATOGENESIS BEGINS DURING ____, AROUND THE AGE OF __ YEARS IN MALES, AND CONTINUES THROUGHOUT LIFE. EVERY ____, A HEALTHY ADULT MALE MAKES SEVERAL HUNDRED MILLION SPERM, AND THE CELLULAR DIVISIONS THAT SUPPORT THIS OUTPUT OF SPERM ARE ____ AND CONTINUOUS. |
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Term
BOTH SPERMATOGENESIS AND OOGENESIS, INVOLVE ____, THE NUCLEAR DIVISION THAT, FOR THE MOST PART, OCCURS ONLY WITHIN THE ____ AND CONSISTS OF
____ CONSECUTIVE NUCLEAR DIVISIONS ____ A SECOND REPLICATION OF THE CHROMOSOMAL MATERIAL BETWEEN DIVISIONS.
AS A RESULT, ____ DAUGHTER CELLS ARE PRODUCED INSTEAD OF TWO, AND EACH HAS
____ AS MANY CHROMOSOMES AS THE MOTHER CELL OR OTHER BODY CELLS. |
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Definition
MEIOSIS, GONADS, TWO, WITHOUT
FOUR, HALF |
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Term
| THE CHIEF PHASES OF THE MALE SEXUAL RESPONSE ARE ____ OF THE PENIS, WHICH ALLOWS IT TO PENETRATE INTO THE FEMALE VAGINA, AND ____, WHICH DEPOSITS SEMEN IN THE VAGINA. |
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Definition
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Term
| ERECTION OCCURS WHEN THE ERECTILE TISSUE OF THE PENIS, PARTICULARLY THE ____, BECOMES ENGORGED WITH ____. WHEN A MAN IS NOT SEXUALLY AROUSED, THE ARTERIOLES SUPPLYING THE ERECTILE TISSUE ARE ____, AND THE PENIS IS ____. |
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Definition
| CORPORA CAVERNOSA, BLOOD, CONSTRICTED, FLACCID |
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Term
DURING SEXUAL EXCITEMENT, A REFLEX IS TRIGGERED DURING WHICH ____ NERVE FIBERS STIMULATE THESE ARTERIOLES, CAUSING THEM TO ____.
IN ADDITION, VASCULAR ____ BETWEEN THE BLOOD SUPPLY OF THE VENTRAL CORPUS SPONGIOSUM AND DORSAL CORPORA CAVERNOSA ____ AND REROUTE THE BLOOD DESTINED FOR THE BOTTOM SIDE OF THE PENIS TO ITS TOP SIDE.
AS A RESULT, THE VASCULAR SPACES OF THE ____ FILL WITH BLOOD, CAUSING THE PENIS TO BECOME ENLARGED AND RIGIDLY ____. |
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Definition
PARASYMPATHETIC, DILATE
SHUNTS, CONSTRICT
CORPORA CAVERNOSA, ERECT |
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Term
EXPANSION OF THE PENIS ____ ITS DRAINAGE VEINS, RETARDING THE
____ OF BLOOD AND ENHANCING THE ENGORGEMENT STILL FURTHER. |
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Definition
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Term
| ____ OF THE PENIS IS ONE OF THE RARE EXAMPLES OF PARASYMPATHETIC CONTROL OF ARTERIOLES. ANOTHER PARASYMPATHETIC EFFECT IS STIMULATION OF THE ____ GLANDS, WHICH CAUSES LUBRICATION OF THE GLANS PENIS. |
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Definition
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THE ____ REFLEX CAN BE INITIATED BY A VARIETY OF SEXUAL STIMULI, SUCH AS TOUCHING THE GENITAL SKIN, MECHANICAL STIMULATION OF THE PRESSURE RECEPTORS IN THE HEAD OF THE PENIS, AND PLEASURABLE SIGHTS, SOUNDS, AND SMELLS.
THE ____ RESPONDS TO SUCH STIMULI BY DISCHARGING EFFERENT IMPULSES TO THE SECOND THROUGH FOURTH ___ SEGMENTS OF THE SPINAL CORD, ACTIVATING
PARASYMPATHETIC NEURONS THAT INNERVATE THE INTERNAL ____ ARTERIES SERVING THE PENIS. |
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Definition
| ERECTION, CNS, SACRAL, PUDENDAL |
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Term
IN SOME INSTANCES, ERECTION IS INDUCED SOLELY BY ____ OR HIGHER MENTAL ACTIVITY (THE THOUGHT OF A SEXUAL ENCOUNTER).
EMOTIONS AND THOUGHTS CAN ALSO ____ ERECTION, CAUSING ____ AND RESUMPTION OF THE FLACCID PENILE STATE. |
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Definition
EMOTIONAL
INHIBIT, VASOCONSTRICTION |
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Term
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Definition
| THE PROPULSION OF SEMEN FROM THE MALE DUCT SYSTEM |
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Term
| WHEN AFFERENT IMPULSES PROVOKING ERECTION REACH A CERTAIN CRITICAL LEVEL, A ____ REFLEX IS INITIATED, AND A MASSIVE DISCHARGE OF NERVE IMPULSES OCCURS OVER THE ____ NERVES (LARGELY AT THE LEVEL OF __ AND __) SERVING THE GENITAL ORGANS, RESULTING IN WHAT? (3) |
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Definition
SPINAL, SYMPATHETIC, L1 AND L2
(1) THE REPRODUCTIVE DUCTS AND ACCESSORY GLANDS CONTRACT PERISTALTICALLY, EMPTYING THEIR CONTENTS INTO THE URETHRA
(2) THE BLADDER SPHINCTER CONSTRICTS, PREVENTING EXPULSION OF URINE OR REFLUX OF SEMEN INTO THE BLADDER
(3) THE BULBOSPONGIOSUS MUSCLES OF THE PENIS UNDERGO A RAPID SERIES OF CONTRACTIONS PROPELLING SEMEN FROM THE URETHRA. |
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Term
| THE RHYTHMIC MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS OF EJACULATION ARE ACCOMPANIED BY INTENSE PLEASURE AND MANY SYSTEMIC CHANGES, SUCH AS ____, ____ AND ____. |
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Definition
| GENERALIZED MUSCLE CONTRACTION, RAPID HEARTBEAT, AND ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE |
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Term
| THE ENTIRE EJACULATION EVENT IS REFERRED TO AS ____ OR ____. IT’S QUICKLY FOLLOWED BY MUSCLE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ____ AND ____ OF THE ARTERIOLES SERVING THE PENIS, CAUSING IT TO BECOME FLACCID ONCE AGAIN. AFTER EJACULATION, THERE IS A ____ PERIOD, RANGING IN TIME FROM ____ TO ____, DURING WHICH A MAN IS ____ TO ACHIEVE ANOTHER ORGASM. |
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Definition
| CLIMAX OR ORGASM, RELAXATION, VASOCONSTRICTION, LATENT, MINUTES, HOURS, UNABLE |
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Term
| HORMONAL REGULATION OF SPERMATOGENESIS AND TESTICULAR ANDROGEN PRODUCTION INVOLVES INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE ____, ____, AND ____. |
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Definition
| HYPOTHALAMUS, ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND, AND TESTES |
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Term
| IN THE BRAIN-TESTICULAR AXIS, WHAT EVENTS OCCUR? |
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Definition
(1) THE HYPOTHALAMUS SECRETES GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE (GNRH).
(2) GNRH STIMULATES THE ANT. PITUITARY TO RELEASE FSH AND LH.
(3) FSH ACTS ON THE SUSTENTACULAR CELLS, CAUSING THEM TO RELEASE ANDROGEN- BINDING PROTEIN (ASP).
(4) LH ACTS ON THE INTERSTITIAL CELLS, ENHANCING THEIR RELEASE OF TESTOSTERONE. ABP BINDING OF TESTOSTERONE THEN ENHANCES SPERMATOGENESIS.
(5) RISING LEVELS OF TESTOSTERONE AND INHIBIN (RELEASED BY THE SUSTENTACULAR CELLS) EXERT FEEDBACK INHIBITION ON THE HYPOTHALAMUS AND PITUITARY. |
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Term
T OR F: SINCE THE HYPOTHALAMUS IS ALSO INFLUENCED BY INPUT FROM OTHER BRAIN AREAS, IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT THE
WHOLE AXIS IS UNDER CNS CONTROL. |
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Definition
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Term
| T OR F: BOTH GNRH AND GONADOTROPINS ARE REQUIRED FOR NORMAL TESTICULAR FUNCTION. |
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Definition
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Term
| WHAT HAPPENS IN THE ABSENCE OF GNRH AND GONADOTROPINS? |
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Definition
| THE TESTES ATROPHY, AND FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES, SPERM AND TESTOSTERONE PRODUCTION CEASE |
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Term
DEVELOPMENT OF MALE REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURES DEPENDS ON ____ SECRETION OF MALE HORMONES, AND FOR A FEW MONTHS AFTER BIRTH, A MALE INFANT HAS PLASMA GONADOTROPIN AND TESTOSTERONE LEVELS NEARLY EQUAL TO THAT OF A ____ BOY.
SHORTLY THEREAFTER, BLOOD LEVELS OF THESE HORMONES ____ AND THEY REMAIN LOW THROUGHOUT ____. |
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Definition
PRENATAL, MIDPUBERTAL
RECEDE, CHILDHOOD |
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Term
| THE MEANS OF THIS SUPPRESSION OF THE HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY AXIS IS NOT UNDERSTOOD, BUT IT IS SUGGESTED THAT DURING CHILDHOOD, THE HYPOTHALAMUS IS ____ BY LOW LEVELS OF TESTOSTERONE SECRETED BY THE BOY'S TESTES AND AS PUBERTY NEARS, THE THRESHOLD FOR HYPOTHALAMIC INHIBITION ____, AND MUCH HIGHER LEVELS OF TESTOSTERONE ARE REQUIRED TO SUPPRESS HYPOTHALAMIC RELEASE OF ____. |
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Definition
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| T OR F: AS MORE GNRH IS RELEASED, MORE TESTOSTERONE IS SECRETED BY THE TESTES, BUT THE THRESHOLD FOR HYPOTHALAMIC INHIBITION KEEPS RISING UNTIL THE ADULT PATTERN OF HORMONE INTERACTION IS ACHIEVED. |
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Definition
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Term
| MATURATION OF THE BRAIN-TESTICULAR AXIS TAKES ABOUT ____ YEARS, AND ONCE ESTABLISHED, THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE INTERACTING HORMONES REMAINS RELATIVELY ____. CONSEQUENTLY, AN ADULT MALE'S SPERM AND TESTOSTERONE PRODUCTION ALSO REMAIN FAIRLY ____, WHEREAS IN FEMALES, CYCLIC ____ IN GONADOTROPIN AND FEMALE SEX HORMONE LEVELS ARE THE NORMAL CONDITION. |
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Definition
| THREE, CONSTANT, STABLE, SWINGS |
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Term
| T OR F: IN CERTAIN NEURONS OF THE BRAIN, TESTOSTERONE IS CONVERTED TO ESTROGEN TO BRING ABOUT ITS STIMULATORY EFFECTS. |
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Definition
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Term
| PARADOX: A "MALE" HORMONE THAT MUST BE TRANSFORMED INTO A "____" HORMONE TO EXERT ITS ____ EFFECTS. |
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Definition
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Term
AS PUBERTY ENSUES, TESTOSTERONE NOT ONLY PROMPTS ____, BUT HAS MULTIPLE ____ EFFECTS THROUGHOUT THE BODY.
IT TARGETS ALL ACCESSORY REPRODUCTIVE ____, ____, ____, AND ____, CAUSING THEM TO GROW AND ASSUME ADULT FUNCTIONS. |
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Definition
SPERMATOGENESIS, ANABOLIC
ORGANS, DUCTS, GLANDS, AND THE PENIS |
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Term
IN ADULT MALES, ____ PLASMA LEVELS OF TESTOSTERONE ARE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THE NORMAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THESE ORGANS.
WHEN THE HORMONE IS DEFICIENT OR ABSENT, ALL ACCESSORY ORGANS ____, THE VOLUME OF SEMEN ____ MARKEDLY, AND ERECTION AND EJACULATION ARE ____. |
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Definition
NORMAL
ATROPHY, DECLINES, IMPAIRED |
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Term
MALE SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS THAT MAKE THEIR APPEARANCE AT PUBERTY ARE ____-DEPENDENT.
TESTOSTERONE ALSO BOOSTS BASAL ____ RATE AND INFLUENCES ____.
IT IS THE BASIS OF THE ____ (LIBIDO) IN BOTH MALES AND FEMALES. |
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Definition
TESTOSTERONE
METABOLIC, BEHAVIOR
SEX DRIVE |
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