THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

EJACULATORY DUCTS
• ARE PAIRED SMALL MUSCULAR DUCTS
WHICH CARRY THE SPERMATOZOA AND
THE SEMINAL FLUID TO THE URETHRA
• ONCE SPERM CELLS ARE PRODUCED IN THE
TESTIS AND ACCUMULATE IN THE
EPIDIDYMIS THEY RELY ON DUCTS (VAS)
DEFERENS AND EJACULATORY DUCT TO
PROPEL (DRIVE FORWARD) THEM IN THE
URETHRA AND TO THE PENIS DURING
• SHORT TUBES THAT DESCEND THROUGH
THE PROSTATE GLAND AND TERMINATE IN
THE URETHRA
• DURING EJACULATION, SEMEN PASSES
THROUGH THE PROSTATE GLAND ENTER
THE URETHRA AND EXISTS THE BODY VIA
URINARY
• FORMED BY THE UNION OF THE VAS
DEFERENS AND SEMINAL VESICLE
 CONT:

• SHORT TUBES THAT DESCEND THROUGH

THE PROSTATE GLAND AND TERMINATE IN
THE URETHRA
• DURING EJACULATION, SEMEN PASSES
THROUGH THE PROSTATE GLAND ENTER
THE URETHRA AND EXISTS THE BODY VIA
URINARY
• FORMED BY THE UNION OF THE VAS
DEFERENS AND SEMINAL VESICLE
FUNCTIONS
• THE EJACULATORY DUCT DELIVERS SPERM INTO THE
URETHRA, ADDING SECRETIONS AND ADDITIVES FROM
PROSTATE NECESSARY FOR THE SPERM FUNCTION,
WHILE PROVING AN INTERFACE BETWEEN THE
REPRODUCTIVE AND URINARY SYSTEM IN MEN.
• THE EJACULATORY DUCT CONTRACTS THE
PROSTATE GLAND, THE SEMINAL VESICLES,
THE BULBOURETHRAL GLAND AND VAS
DEFERENS PUSH FLUIDS INTO THE PROSTATE
URETHRA.
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