| BREASTS |
Yes men do have them, but
they are non-functioning mammary (milk-producing) glands in men.
Small muscle fibers located in the nipple cause them to become erect when
stimulated by cold temperature and sexual arousal. For some men,
they are an erogenous zone. |
| CHROMOSOME |
The genetic code or the
blueprint of the human is carried in these parts of a cell. There
are 46 in humans. 45 determine what you look like and how you function.
Two determine your sex. XX means you are female. XY means you
are male. |
| COWPER'S GLAND |
A gland located just below
the prostate gland that secretes pre-ejaculatory fluid to lubricate the
urethra. |
| EJACULATE |
Semen-sperm mixture discharged
from the body through the urethra. Each ejaculate carries about 250-500
million sperm. |
| EPIDIDYMOUS |
The place where sperm mature.
Located behind the testes. |
EROGENOUS
ZONE |
An area of the body, that
when stimulated with hands, mouth or other means , gives sexual pleasure. |
| GENITALIA |
The External sex organs. |
| PENIS |
The external sex organ
that carries the sperm-semen mixture in the urethra. It is composed
of muscles and blood vessels. When the blood vessels become engorged
and the muscles become taut in the erectile tissue of the penis, it becomes
erect. Erection is necessary to carry the ejaculate containing the
sperm into the vagina. Stimulation by hand or mouth can enhance
sexual pleasure. |
PITUITARY
GLAND |
The gland that produces
the hormones FSH and LH. One of these hormones signal the testes
to produce testosterone at puberty. The other signals the testes
to produce sperm. A healthy man can produce about 1000 sperm per
minute in the seminiferous tubules. |
| PROSTATE GLAND |
A gland located at the
junction of urinary bladder and urethra. The ejaculatory ducts (the
tubes transmitting the semen from seminal vesicles) pass through the prostate
to join the urethra. It is a male accessory sex gland which adds
more semen to the ejaculate. It keeps the semen from passing into
the bladder. The gland can become enlarged (called Benign Prostatic
Hypertrophy or BPH) when men get older causing urinary and erection problems.
The gland can also develop cancer in older men. When stimulated,
it can give intense pleasure in some men. |
| SCROTUM |
The sac that contains the
testicles. It provides the right temperature for sperm maturation
can take place. When stimulated with hands or mouth during intercourse,
it can provide intense pleasure for some men. |
| SEMINAL VESICLE |
A sac near the bladder,
behind the prostate gland, which adds about 70% of the semen to the ejaculate
to allow the sperm to swim. |
SEMINIFEROUS
TUBULES |
The specific part of the
testes where the sperm are produced. |
| SPERM |
Carries one half (23) the
chromosomes to make a baby. Can carry either an an X sex chromosome,
which would make a female baby, or a Y chromosome, which would make a male
baby. Men determine the sex of the baby. |
| SPERMATOGONIA |
Immature sperm cells |
| TESTES |
Also called the testicle.
The male reproductive organ, located outside the body, where sperm are
formed. The plural is testicles or testis. |
| TESTOSTERONE |
The male sex hormone responsible
for male sexual characteristics such as voice deepening, body hair patterns.
It is also needed for the sperm to mature from the immature spermatagonia
(the sperm cells a man is born with) to the mature sperm capable of fertilizing
an egg. |
| THYROID GLAND |
The master gland of the
body. It must be working properly or your body doesn't. |
| URETHRA |
The opening that carries
urine from the bladder to the outside of the body. The same tube
that carries semen and sperm to the outside of the body. It is not
part of the sexual organs but it is located in the penis. |
| VAS DEFERENS |
The tube through which
the sperm travel through the glands, seminal vesicle (to have semen added),
and the prostrate. It joins the urethra as it is passing through the prostrate
gland. |
