STORAGE OF SPERM ,

ERECTION OF PENIS AND

EJACULATION
 STORAGE OF SPERM
• The epididymis is the organ responsible for
the sperm transport , concentration,
storage, and maturation.
Epididymis has three anatomic parts
- CAPUT ( head)
- CORPUS (body)
-CAUDA (tail)
functions of epididymes -
. Collect newly born spermatozoa
. Provide passage to spermatozoa
. Helps in transport of sperm
.Storage facility to sperm
. Nutrition to spermatozoa
. Absorption of unwanted testiucular fluid
 ERECTION OF PENIS
• Penis is the copulatory male organ.
- it is made of 3 part
- Root
- Body
- Glans penis
 Body made up of large cavernosum penis
which is enclosed by fibrous capsule , tunica
albuginea.
 ventral to this is corpus spongeosum.
 they are spongy in nature and divided into
many spaces.
• An erection begins with sensory and
mental stimulation. During sexual arousal,
nerve messages begin to stimulate the
penis. Impulses from the brain and local
nerves cause the muscles of the corpora
cavernosa to relax, allowing blood to flow
in and fill the open spaces. The blood
creates pressure in the corpora cavernosa,
making the penis expand and creating an
erection.
• The arteries relax and open up to let more
blood flow in; at the same time, the veins
close up. Once blood is in the penis,
• The tunica albuginea (the membrane
surrounding the corpora cavernosa), helps to
trap the blood in the corpora cavernosa,
sustaining the erection. Erection is reversed
when muscles in the penis contract, stopping
the inflow of blood and opening outflow
channels.These spaces are continuous
with veins of penis.
• Erection is caused when these spaces are
filled and distended with blood.
• erection is under control of parasympathetic
system.
• reflex stimulation causes erection.
 EJACULATION
• After gradual increase in intensity of sexual
rythmic movement , there is discharge
from male urethral orifice into female
genitalia.
• Sexual stimulation and friction provide the
impulses that are delivered to the spinal
cord and into the brain.
• Ejaculation is a reflex action controlled by
the central nervous system. It is triggered
when the sexual act reaches a critical level
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• Process strarts from epididymis , travel
along ductus deferens .
• At the moment of ejaculation the walls of
the epididymis contract (squeeze) to create
peristaltic waves that push sperm into the
vas deferens.

• At the same time sex glands contracts ,

their content are forced into urethra.
• Ejaculation takes place in two phases: in
the first, or emission stage, sperm are
moved from the testes and the epididymis
(where the sperm are stored) to the
beginning of the urethra, in the second
stage, ejaculation proper, the semen is
moved through the urethra and expelled
from the body.
• During the emission phase, the muscles
around the epididymis and ductus deferens
(the tube extending from the epididymis)
contract to push the sperm into the prostate
and urethra.
• oxytocin is released which cause transport
of semen .
• rythmic contraction of urethral ,
ischiocavernosus and bulbocavernosus
muscles cause release of semen from
urethra.
• maximum lenthening of penis during
ejaculation.