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