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