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