Matching Pairs Male ReproOnline version Male repro anatomy and functions by Ashlin Kendrick 1 Urinary bladder 2 Seminal vesicles 3 Penis 4 Scrotum 5 Prostate gland 6 Cowper's (bulbourethral) gland 7 Androgens 8 Retractor muscle 9 FSH 10 Vas deferens 11 Testicles 12 LH 13 Sigmoid flexure 14 GnRH 15 Epididymis 16 Sheath 17 Urethra affects the tubules in the testicles, causing them to produce sperm. Stimulate the development, growth, and activity of reproductive parts; trigger puberty, trigger the development of male secondary sex characteristics, and also function in the production of sperm transports sperm from the epididymis to the urethra deposits semen in the female reproductive tract and excretes urine from the body stores urine; has no reproductive function pulls the penis back into the body carries sperm and urine to the penis stores, concentrates, and transports sperm stimulates the anterior pituitary gland in the brain to release both FSH and LH, which are essential to reproduction. releases fluid into urethra to cleanse and neutralize it to allow sperm to survive in it extends the penis outside the body during mating produce seminal fluid that transports and protects the sperm produce sperm and hormones associated with reproduction nourishes the sperm with a thick, milky fluid causes the interstitial cells in the testicles to secrete androgens carries testicles and regulates their temperature covers and protects the penis when it is relaxed