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**NOTEBOOK**
Spermatogenesis- everyday
inc. amounts of testosterone have a feedback effect on the hypothalamus and anterior PG,
decreasing produxn of FSH and LH.
NSG 123 CARE OF MOTHER, CHILD AND ADOLESCENT (WELL CLIENTS) NOTES
By GERALDINE S. RIDAD, MAN RN
MSU-IIT, COLLEGE OF NURSING
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One testis is slightly larger than the other; suspended slightly lower in the scrotum
SPERMATOZOA do not survive at body temperature.
Cold weather- scrotal muscle contract
Hot weather- scrotal muscle relaxes
INTERNAL STRUCTURE
-prominent as palpated
o Epididymis-seminiferous tubule of each testis leads to a tightly coiled tube [epididymis]
-approx. 12 ft.
- conduction of sperm from the testis to vas deferend
- where some sperm are stored\
- infection [epididymis] can lead to easy scarring of the lumen
- prohibit passage of sperm beyond the scarred point
SPERM are immobile and incapable of fertilization as they pass / are stored at the epididymis
level
12-20 days to travel the length of epididymis -20ft
64 days to reach maturity
*ASPERMIA (absence of sperm)
*OLIGOSPERMIA ( fewer than 20 million sperm /mL)
o VAS DEFERENS (Ductus Deferens)
-additional hollow type surrounded by arteries and veins
-protected by a thick fibrous coating.
Carries sperm to inguinal canal into the abdominal cavity and ends into the seminal vesicles and
ejaculatory ducts
Sperm mature as they pass through the VD
Not mobile due to the fairly acidic medium of the semen at this level.
Blood vessels + vas deferens = SPERMATIC CORD
VARICOCEZE (varicosity of internal spermatic vein)
Contribute to male infertility [congestion of testes]
VASECTOINY – severing of vas deferens
o SEMINAL VESICLES – 2 convoluted pouches
Empty into the urethra by way of ejaculatory ducts
Secrete of viscous portion of semen [high content of a basic sugar and protein]
[alkaline in pH]
Mobile sperms (due to alkaline fluid)
o EJACULATORY DUCTS- join the SV with the urethra
o PROSTATE GLAND (60%)
Secretes a thin alkaline fluid which further protects sperm from being immobilized by
the natural low pH level of the urethra
Many men develop hypertrophy of the prostate
-interferences with both fertility and urination
-can be retrieved by medical therapy / surgery [prostectomy]
o URETHTRA –approx. 8m long
-continues to the outside through the shapt and glans of the penis
Secrete an alkaline fluid that helps counteract the acid secretion of the urethra
NSG 123 CARE OF MOTHER, CHILD AND ADOLESCENT (WELL CLIENTS) NOTES
By GERALDINE S. RIDAD, MAN RN
MSU-IIT, COLLEGE OF NURSING
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NSG 123 CARE OF MOTHER, CHILD AND ADOLESCENT (WELL CLIENTS) NOTES
By GERALDINE S. RIDAD, MAN RN
MSU-IIT, COLLEGE OF NURSING