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Male Reproductive System
The male reproductive system consists of the testis, genital ducts, accessory sex glands and penis. The main functions of the male reproductive system is to produce spermatozoa and sex hormones.
You should be able to:
- Describe the structures and functions of the components of the male reproductive system.
- Identify the main structures of the male reproductive system.
- Recognise and describe the cells in the male reproductive system.
- Recognise and describe the glands associated with the male reproductive system.
- Describe and compare the main stages of spermatogenesis and spermiogenesis.
- Describe the structure and function of a sperm.
Slides for this week
For each slide, complete the work as listed below. Completing the whole slide will assist you in understanding and retention. For each slide, allocate an A3 spread in your workbook. Remember to add the slide and its page number to the index in the front of the book.
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Calibration
- What is cryptorchidism?
- Name the four phases of spermiogenesis.
- Name the two types of epithelial cells found in the prostate gland.
- What type of epithelium lines the penile urethra?
- What is the structure and role of the blood-testis barrier?
- What events during spermatogenesis produce haploid sperm from diploid cells?
- Describe the life cycle of a sperm cell up to and including fertilisation of an oocyte.
- What is cryptorchidism?
- Name the four phases of spermiogenesis.
- Name the two types of epithelial cells found in the prostate gland.
- What type of epithelium lines the penile urethra?
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