PSY 3122 Chapter 4: PSY3122 Ch 4

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3122
• Professor: Lisa Henry

Document Summary

Circumcision is surgical procedure of removing foreskin of penis. Not recommended as a standard procedure in canada. Globally, 30% of men are circumcised: cases of circumcision that decrease utis, stis, and adult penile cancer, cases of circumcision that entails hemorrhages, infection, psychological trauma, death. Women preferred circumcised for intercourse/oral men preferred intact. Internal organs: testes, two testes inside scrotum, analogous to female ovaries, secrete male sex hormones (androgens) and produce sperm, asymmetrical: left hangers lower than right, testes need muscles around them for sperm to develop normally and. Involved in sperm production/storage older: epididymis, c-shaped structure covering testes, narrow, tightly coiled tube, has 3 parts, head, body, tail. 27 die: becomes increasingly common with age (mid-60s is mean age, regular screening is recommended if they have family history, blood test for protein (psa) secreted into blood stream by prostate cells. If cancer is caught early, can be treated many ways (radiation, surgical prostatectomy)