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