Male Reproductive System

Presented by : Ms Namita Arya
INTRODUCTION
▸ The entire male reproductive system is dependent on
hormones, which are chemicals that regulate the
activity of many different types of cells or organs.
▸ The primary hormones involved in the male
reproductive system are follicle-stimulating hormone,
luteinizing hormone, and testosterone.
▸ Follicle-stimulating hormone is necessary for
sperm production (spermatogenesis), and
luteinizing hormone stimulates the production of
testosterone, which is also needed to make sperm.
▸ Testosterone is responsible for the development of
male characteristics, including muscle mass and
strength, fat distribution, bone mass,
facial hair growth, voice change, and sex drive.
FUNCTION
▸ To produce, maintain, and transport sperm (the
male reproductive cells) and protective fluid
(semen)
▸ To discharge sperm within the female reproductive
tract during sex
▸ To produce and secrete male sex hormones
responsible for maintaining the male reproductive
system
“ ▸ Male reproductive system is divided
into :
 INTERNAL STRUCTURES
 EXTERNAL STRUCTURES
Internal Structures
▸ Epididymis
▸ Vas Deferens
▸ Seminal Vesicles
▸ Ejaculatory Ducts
▸ Prostate Gland
▸ Bulbourethral Glands
▸ Urethra
External Structures
▸ Scrotum
▸ Testes
▸ Penis
INTERNAL
STRUCTURES
EPIDIDYMIS
▸ The epididymis is a long, coiled tube that rests on the backside
of each testicle.
▸ It transports and stores sperm cells that are produced in the
testes.
▸ It also is the job of the epididymis to bring the sperm to
maturity, since the sperm that emerge from the testes are
immature and incapable of fertilization.
▸ During sexual arousal, contractions force the sperm into the
vas deferens.
▸ The sperm takes an estimated 12 to 20 days of travel along the
epididymi, and a total of 64 days to reach maturity.
Vas Deferens
▸ The vas deferens is a long, muscular tube that

travels from the epididymis into the pelvic cavity,
to just behind the bladder.
▸ The vas deferens transports mature sperm to the
urethra, the tube that carries urine or sperm to
outside of the body, in preparation for ejaculation.
Seminal Vesicles
▸ The seminal vesicles are sac-like pouches that attach to the vas
deferens near the base of the bladder.
▸ The seminal vesicles produce a sugar-rich fluid (fructose) that
provides sperm with a source of energy to help them move.
▸ The fluid of the seminal vesicles makes up most of the volume of a
man's ejaculatory fluid, or ejaculate.
Ejaculatory ducts:
▸ These are formed by the fusion of the vas deferens

and the seminal vesicles .
▸ The ejaculatory ducts empty into the urethra.
Prostate gland:
▸ The prostate gland is a walnut-sized structure that

is located below the urinary bladder in front of the
rectum.
▸ The prostate gland contributes additional fluid to
the ejaculate.
▸ Prostate fluids also help to nourish the sperm.
▸ The urethra, which carries the ejaculate to be
expelled during orgasm, runs through the center of
the prostate gland.
Bulbourethral glands
▸ Also called Cowper's glands, these are pea-sized structures located on
the sides of the urethra just below the prostate gland.
▸ These glands produce a clear, slippery fluid that empties directly into
the urethra.
▸ This fluid serves to lubricate the urethra and to neutralize any acidity
that may be present due to residual drops of urine in the urethra.
Urethra
▸ This structure passes through the prostate

gland towards the shaft and glans penis.
▸ It is a hollow tube from the base of the
bladder and lined with mucous
membrane.
▸ It has a length of approximately 8 inches
or 18 to 20 cm.
EXTERNAL
STRUCTURES
SCROTUM
▸ This is the loose pouch-like sac of skin that hangs behind and
below the penis. It contains the testicles (also called testes), as
well as many nerves and blood vessels.
▸ The scrotum acts as a "climate control system" for the testes.
For normal sperm development, the testes must be at a
temperature slightly cooler than body temperature.
▸ Special muscles in the wall of the scrotum allow it to contract
and relax, moving the testicles closer to the body for warmth or
farther away from the body to cool the temperature.
TESTICLES/TESTIS
▸ These are oval organs about the size of large olives
that lie in the scrotum, secured at either end by a
structure called the spermatic cord.
▸ Most men have two testes.
▸ The testes are responsible for making testosterone,
the primary male sex hormone, and for generating
sperm.
▸ Within the testes are coiled masses of tubes called
seminiferous tubules. These tubes are responsible
for producing sperm cells.
PENIS
▸ This is the male organ used in sexual intercourse.

▸ It has three parts: the root, which attaches to the
wall of the abdomen;
▸ the body, or shaft; and
▸ the glans, which is the cone-shaped part at the
end of the penis.
▸ The glans, also called the head of the penis, is covered with a loose layer
of skin called foreskin.
▸ This skin is sometimes removed in a procedure called circumcision. The
opening of the urethra, the tube that transports semen and urine, is at the tip
of the penis.
▸ The glans of the penis also contains a number of sensitive nerve endings.
▸ The body of the penis is cylindrical in shape and consists of three circular
shaped chambers.
▸ These chambers are made up of special, sponge-like tissue. This tissue
contains thousands of large spaces that fill with blood when the man is
sexually aroused.
▸ As the penis fills with blood, it becomes rigid and erect, which allows for
penetration during sexual intercourse.
▸ The skin of the penis is loose and elastic to
accommodate changes in penis size during an
erection.
▸ Semen, which contains sperm (reproductive cells), is
expelled (ejaculated) through the end of the penis
when the man reaches sexual climax (orgasm).
▸ When the penis is erect, the flow of urine is blocked
from the urethra, allowing only semen to be ejaculated
at orgasm.

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Presented by : Ms Namita Arya

▸ The vas deferens is a long, muscular tube that

▸ These are formed by the fusion of the vas deferens

▸ The prostate gland is a walnut-sized structure that

▸ This structure passes through the prostate

▸ This is the male organ used in sexual intercourse.

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