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Chapter-55 Male Reproductive System

BOOK TITLE: Essentials of Anatomy for Dental Students

Author
1. Selvakumari TL
ISBN
9789352703548
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/14250_56
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2018
Pages
3
Author Affiliations
1. Sri Venkateswara Dental College and Hospital, Thalambur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Chapter keywords
Male reproductive system, scrotum, testes, spermatic ducts, spermatogenesis, spermatocytes, spermatids, prostate gland

Abstract

The male reproductive system includes the scrotum, testes, spermatic ducts, sex glands, and penis. These organs work together to produce sperm, the male gamete, and the other components of semen. These organs also work together to deliver semen out of the body and into the vagina where it can fertilize egg cells to produce offspring. Testis has many seminiferous tubules. Each seminiferous tubule has many layers of cells at different stages of spermatogenesis. From outer to inner, the cells are spermatogonia, primary and secondary spermatocytes, spermatids and sperms. Prostate gland is an exocrine gland, which secretes prostatic fluid.

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