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Testis |
The male gonad |
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Prostate |
A gland below the bladder and surrounding the urethra |
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Seminiferous Tubules |
tissue that produces sperm cells |
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flagellum |
hair like tail region of the sperm is called |
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vas deferens |
tube that leads from the epididymis to the urethra |
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prepuce |
foreskin |
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bilateral orchiectomy |
male castration |
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balanitis |
inflammation of the glans penis |
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syphilis |
a chancre is the primary lesion in this condition |
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testosterone |
an androgen |
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interstitial cells of the testes |
testosterone is produced by |
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cryptorchism |
undescended testicles |
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overgrowth of a glandular tissue |
benign prostatic hyperplasia is characterized by |
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seminoma |
testicular carcinoma |
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vasectomy |
sterilization procedure |
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scrotum |
the sac containing the male gonad |
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hypospadias |
congenital condition of the male urethra |
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connective tissue |
parenchymal tissue of the testes |
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anchorism |
congenital absence of a testicle |
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sperolytic substance |
produced by the testes |
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orchiopexy |
fixation of an undescended testicle |
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testicular torsion |
swollen, twisted veins near the testes |
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non-gonococcal uresthritis is most often caused by |
prostatitis |
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cryogenic surgery |
treating tissue with cold temperatures is called |
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orchitits |
inflammation of the testis |
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oligospermia |
condition of scany sperm |
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spermatogenesis |
process of forming sperm cells |
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parenchyma |
tissue composed of essential and functional cells and organs |
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androgen |
adrenal glands produced by men and women |
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testicular teratoma |
a benign tumor occuring in the testis composed of different types of tissue |
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stroma |
supportive connective tissue of an organ |
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azoospermia |
sperm cell |
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epididymis |
coiled tube above each testis; carries and stores sperm |
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testes |
male gonad that produces hormone and sperm cells |
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prepuce |
foreskin |
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purulent |
pus-filled |
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ligation |
to tie off or bind |
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circumcision |
removal of prepuce |
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ejaculation |
ejection of sperm and fluid from the urethra |
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semen analysis |
test fertility |
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gonorrhea |
STD; etiology is berry-shaped bacteria |
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hypospadias |
opening of the urethra on the undersurface of the penis |
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varicolcele |
enlarged, swollen veins near the testes |
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carcinoma of the prostate |
malignant tumor of the prostate gland |
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Transurethral resection of the prostate |
TURP |
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prostate specific antigen |
PSA |
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benign prostatic hyperplasia |
BPH |
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-sclerosis |
hardening |
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-cele |
hernia |
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-rrhagia |
bursing forth of blood |
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-phagia |
eating or swollowing |
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-genesis |
formation |
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oophor/o |
ovary |
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colp/o |
vagina |
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balan/o |
glans penis |
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salping/o |
fallopian tube |
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-ptosis |
prolapse |
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testosterone |
produces secondary male sex characterizations |
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semen |
fluid that contains sperm cells and secretions and is produced during ejaculation |
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hydrocele |
sac of clear fluid in the scrotum |
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carcinoma of the testes |
malignant tumor of the testes |
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interstitial cells |
essential cells of the testes; seminiferous tubules |
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bulburethral gland |
one of a pair of exocrine glands near the male urethra |
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seminal vesicle |
either of paired sac-like male exocrine glands that secrete a fluid into the vas deferens. the seminal fluid is the major compmonent of semen |
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syphilis |
chronic std caused by a type of bacteria (spirochete) |
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chlamydia |
bacteria invade the urethra and reproductive tract of men |
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impotence |
inability of an adult male to achieve an erection |
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seminoma |
collection of semen |
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adenocarcinoma |
malignant tumor of a gland |
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prostate gland |
exocrine gland at the base of the urinary bladder |
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bulbourethral |
glands that secrete semen |
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semiferous |
tubules that produce sperm |
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embryonal |
carcinoma of the testes |
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testosterone |
male sex hormone |
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spermolytic |
pertaining to destruction of sperm cells |
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speratogenesis |
formation of sperm cells |
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phimos |
narrowing of the foreskin over the glans penis |
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perineum |
external region between the anus and the scrotum |
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fraternal twins |
two infants born of the same pregnancy from two seperate ova fertilized by two different sperm |
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ejaculatory duct |
tube through which semen enters the male urethra |
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identical twins |
two infants resulting from division of one fertilized ess into two distinc embryos |
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interstitial cells |
calls that lie between the seminiferous tubules and produce the hormone testosterone |
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speratozoon |
a sperm cell |
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vas/o |
vas deferens |
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orchi/o |
testis |
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zo/o |
animal life |
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andr/o |
male |
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crypt/o |
hidden |
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cry/o |
cold |
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hydr/o |
water |
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epididym/o |
epididymis |
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terat/o |
monster |
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-plasia |
development |
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-lysis |
breakdown, destruction |
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-pexy |
fixation |
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-stomy |
to form a new opening |
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-tomy |
incision |
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-trophy |
nourishment, development |
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-genesis |
formation |
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-ectomy |
excision |
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-rrhea |
discharge |
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