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Male Histology Trans-Batch 2023 PDF
Male Histology Trans-Batch 2023 PDF
OUTLINE
1) Testes TESTES
a) Interstitial Tissue
b) Seminiferous Tubules Testis (or testicle) is surrounded by a dense
c) Spermatogenesis connective tissue capsule, the tunica albuginea,
d) Clonal Nature of Male Germ Cells which thickens on the posterior side to form the
e) Spermiogenesis mediastinum testis
f) Sertoli Cells
2) Intratesticular Ducts Tunica Albuginea,
3) Excretory Genital Ducts : is a thick layer formed by collagenized fibrous
a) Epididymis tissue. The parietal layer has abundant smooth
b) Ductus or Vas Deferens muscle fibers, whereas the innermost layer
4) Accessory Glands of albuginea contains large vessels
a) Seminal Vesicles (tunica vasculosa).
b) Prostate Gland
c) Bulbourethral Glands
5) Penis
Testicular lobules
: Each lobule
contains sparse
connective tissue
with Leydig cells
and one to four
highly convoluted
seminiferous Tunica Vaginalis
tubules.
: Is a serous sac that carries testis during migration
from abdominal cavity & Line the interior of the
scrotum and envelops the testis and its associated
ducts and spermatic cord.
Leydig cells or Interstitial Cells
: are found adjacent to the seminiferous tubules in
the testicle. They secrete testosterone in the
presence of Luteinizing Hormone.
Spermatids
: Division of each secondary spermatocyte separates
the chromatids of each chromosome and produces
two haploid cells called spermatids
: Contains 23 chromosomes (Figures 21–5a, 21–6)
: No S phase (DNA replication) occurs between the
first and second meiotic divisions, the amount of
DNA per cell is reduced by half when the
chromatids separate and the cells formed are
haploid (1N)
: With fertilization, a haploid ovum and haploid
sperm produced by meiosis unite and the normal
diploid chromosome number is restored.
“ 23 Chromosome Sperm + 23 chromosome ovum
= 46 Chromosome Zygote”
4. MATURATION PHASE
Unneeded cytoplasm is shed as a residual body from
each spermatozoon and remaining intercellular
bridges are lost.
Mature but not yet functional or mobile sperm are
released into the lumen of the tubule.
SPERMIOGENESIS
Structure:
3. EFFERENT DUCTULES
PROSTATE GLAND
• The tubuloacinar glands of the prostate are • The paired round bulbourethral glands (or
all lined by a simple or pseudostratified Cowper glands), 3-5 mm in diameter, are
columnar epithelium and produce fluid that located in the urogenital diaphragm (Figure
contains various glycoproteins, enzymes, and 21–13) and empty into the proximal part of
small molecules such as prostaglandins and is the penile urethra;
stored until ejaculation;
Source:
Junquiera’s Histology Textbook