BIO 252 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Male Reproductive System, Gonad, Epididymis
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Unlike other systems of the body, the reproductive system is quite different in males and females. Although structurally and functionally very different, the male reproductive system and the female reproductive system have some features in common. A pair of gamete- producing organs, the gonads (ovaries or testes). A system of ducts which connects the gonads to other parts of the body and the outside world. Structures of copulation (the act of mating, when the sperm from the male are transferred to the female). The male reproductive organs are depicted in the diagram below. The male gonad or the primary sex organs are paired testes (sing. , testis), which are suspended within the sacs of the scrotum. The function of the testes is to produce sperms. The sperms produced by the testes mature within the epididymis, which is a tightly coiled duct laying just outside each testes. Maturation of the sperm is required in order for it to swim to the egg.
