I neeD moRe Medicine

The Male Reproductive System

(Fig. 30)

The male genital organs are the 2 testes, the 2 epididymes, the 2 vas deference, the 2 seminal vesicles, the postate gland and the penis.

Testis: (Fig. 31)

ll is the primary male sex organ. It is oval in shape and it is about 2 inches x one inch. It lies one on each side of the scrotum in whieh it is suspended by the spermatic cord. The testis is divided into compartments containing the seminipherous tubules where spermatozoa are formed. The testis also produces the male sex hormone testosterone.

Epididymis: (Fig. 31)

It is a crescent-shaped structure that lies on xhi posterolateral aspect of the testis. It is composed of a tortuous tube which is shaped to form a head, a body and i tail. It transmits the seminal fluid from the testis to the deference.

Vas deferens, seniles! vesicle and ejaculatory duct:

The vas deferens is a long cord-like tube with narrow lumen that begins It runs as a continuation of the tail of the epididymis with the spermatic cord through the inguina canal to reach the back of the urinary bladder where it join: the duct of the seminal vesicle to form the ejaculatory due which traverses the prostate gland to open in the prostatic urethra.