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