{"id":331,"date":"2016-04-29T17:37:23","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T17:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/contemporaryhealthissuesxpierce\/?post_type=chapter&p=331"},"modified":"2016-07-01T19:59:02","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T19:59:02","slug":"introduction-to-the-reproductive-system-male","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/contemporaryhealthissuesxpierce\/chapter\/introduction-to-the-reproductive-system-male\/","title":{"raw":"The Reproductive System, Male","rendered":"The Reproductive System, Male"},"content":{"raw":"

Unique for its role in human reproduction, a gamete is a specialized sex cell carrying 23 chromosomes\u2014one half the number in body cells. At fertilization, the chromosomes in one male gamete, called a sperm (or spermatozoon), combine with the chromosomes in one female gamete, called an oocyte. The function of the male reproductive system (Figure<\/a>) is to produce sperm and transfer them to the female reproductive tract. The paired testes are a crucial component in this process, as they produce both sperm and androgens, the hormones that support male reproductive physiology. In humans, the most important male androgen is testosterone. Several accessory organs and ducts aid the process of sperm maturation and transport the sperm and other seminal components to the penis, which delivers sperm to the female reproductive tract. In this section, we examine each of these different structures, and discuss the process of sperm production and transport.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Male Reproductive System<\/div>\r\n\"ThisThe structures of the male reproductive system include the testes, the epididymides, the penis, and the ducts and glands that produce and carry semen. Sperm exit the scrotum through the ductus deferens which is bundled in the spermatic cord. The seminal vesicles and prostate gland add fluids to the sperm to create semen.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/figure>","rendered":"

Unique for its role in human reproduction, a gamete is a specialized sex cell carrying 23 chromosomes\u2014one half the number in body cells. At fertilization, the chromosomes in one male gamete, called a sperm (or spermatozoon), combine with the chromosomes in one female gamete, called an oocyte. The function of the male reproductive system (Figure<\/a>) is to produce sperm and transfer them to the female reproductive tract. The paired testes are a crucial component in this process, as they produce both sperm and androgens, the hormones that support male reproductive physiology. In humans, the most important male androgen is testosterone. Several accessory organs and ducts aid the process of sperm maturation and transport the sperm and other seminal components to the penis, which delivers sperm to the female reproductive tract. In this section, we examine each of these different structures, and discuss the process of sperm production and transport.<\/p>\n

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\"ThisThe structures of the male reproductive system include the testes, the epididymides, the penis, and the ducts and glands that produce and carry semen. Sperm exit the scrotum through the ductus deferens which is bundled in the spermatic cord. The seminal vesicles and prostate gland add fluids to the sperm to create semen.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t

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