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