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