MALE REPRODUCTIVE

SYSTEM
Function of Reproductive System
• Produce and maintain sperm
• Transport sperm to female
• Secrete male sex hormone
• Organs:
– Gonads (testes)
• Produce sperm, hormones
– All others structures are accessory sex organs
 Cryptorchidism
• Incidence: Because the testis descends into the
scrotum during the last month of pregnancy,
many premature boys are delivered before the
descent process is completed. Cryptorchidism
occurs in about 3% of full term boys and 30% of
boys born at 30 weeks of gestational age. Most
undescended testes will spontaneously descend
within the first six months of life.
Inguinal Hernia
 Anatomy

A. Testis
B. Epididymis
D. Vas Deferens
Anatomy of Testis
 SeminiferousTubules
• Specialized stratified epithelium
• Spermatogenic cells
• Sustentacular cells (Sertoli)
– Inside tubule
– Nourish, regulate spermatogenic cells
• Interstitial cells (Leydig)
– Between seminiferous tubules
– Produce androgens
 SPERMATOGENESIS
Embryo:
Spermatogonia mitosis Spermatogonia
Primary Spermatocytes (2n)

Puberty meiosis
Primary Spermatocytes Secondary Spermatocytes (1n)

Spermatids (1n)

Spermatozoa
SPERMATOGENESIS
Sperm

Mitochondria
Flagellum
 Internal Accessory Organs
• Epididymis
• Vasa deferentia
• Ejaculatory ducts
• Seminal vesicles
• Prostrate gland
• Bulbourethral gland
 GLANDS
• Seminal vesicle
– Alkaline secretion, fructose for sperm, volume
to ejaculate
• Prostate gland
– Alkaline secretion, enhances motility of sperm
– Secretes into urethra
• Bulbourethral glands
– Mucuslike fluid that lubricates
Testis
A. Testis
B. Epididymis
D. Vas Deferens