Relacionar Columnas Male ReproVersión en línea Male repro anatomy and functions por Ashlin Kendrick 1 Seminal vesicles 2 Sheath 3 Penis 4 Prostate gland 5 Cowper's (bulbourethral) gland 6 GnRH 7 Retractor muscle 8 Androgens 9 FSH 10 Urinary bladder 11 Sigmoid flexure 12 Epididymis 13 LH 14 Testicles 15 Scrotum 16 Vas deferens 17 Urethra carries testicles and regulates their temperature Stimulate the development, growth, and activity of reproductive parts; trigger puberty, trigger the development of male secondary sex characteristics, and also function in the production of sperm stores, concentrates, and transports sperm transports sperm from the epididymis to the urethra extends the penis outside the body during mating pulls the penis back into the body deposits semen in the female reproductive tract and excretes urine from the body stores urine; has no reproductive function nourishes the sperm with a thick, milky fluid causes the interstitial cells in the testicles to secrete androgens covers and protects the penis when it is relaxed produce sperm and hormones associated with reproduction affects the tubules in the testicles, causing them to produce sperm. produce seminal fluid that transports and protects the sperm releases fluid into urethra to cleanse and neutralize it to allow sperm to survive in it stimulates the anterior pituitary gland in the brain to release both FSH and LH, which are essential to reproduction. carries sperm and urine to the penis