1. Male Reproductive System

2. What’s the purpose?
To produce sperm and deliver it to the female reproductive system.
In other words, to make a baby!

3. What does it look like?

4. PENIS What does it do? 1. allows passage of urine;
2. allows passage of semen;
3. provides sensation (has many nerve endings)
***Urine or sperm passes through the penis in a small tube called the urethra.

6. FORESKIN
Foreskin is the skin covering on the tip of the penis. It is a parent’s choice to remove the foreskin or keep it on. It is completely normal either way.

7. SCROTUM Skin covered sac that hangs from body What it does:
1. Holds testicles
2. Regulates temperature of testicles
Brings the testicles closer to the body when cold
Drops the testicles lower when warm
3. Provides sensation

8. TESTICLES
What does it do:
1. Produces
SPERM
2. Produces
TESTOSTERONE

9. TESTOSTERONE 1. Facial and body hair to grow 2. Deepening of voice
Testosterone causes:
1. Facial and body hair to grow
2. Deepening of voice
3. Broadening of shoulders
4. Influences sperm production

10. SPERM

11. SPERM
Males produce MILLIONS per day
Contain genetic codes

12. EPIDIDYMIS What it does: 1. Sperm complete Development (mature)
2. Stores sperm
It takes sperm
about 4 to 6 weeks
to travel through the epididymis.

13. VAS DEFERENS What it does: Long tube that allows passage of sperm
As sperm move through, sperm mixes with fluids from:
1. SEMINAL VESICLES
2. PROSTATE GLAND
3. COWPER’S GLAND
In order to make SEMEN!

14. PASSAGE WAY

15. SEMINAL VESICLES Provides thick secretions (fluid) that:
1. Nourish Sperm
2. Help
sperm
move
easier
Found near
the base of the
bladder

16. PROSTATE GLAND Secretes thin, milky fluid that:
1. Adds to sperms mobility and
2. Protects sperm from acid in female reproductive system

17. COWPER’S GLAND Also known as Bulbourethral (Bulb-o-urethral) Glands
Provides CLEAR fluid that:
Cleanses
urethra
of acid
to protect
sperm

18. Testicular Self Exams Perform after a shower when scrotum is relaxed
1. Stand in front of mirror with penis out of way
2. Examine testicles. Hold each testicle between thumbs and fingers, rolling gently between fingers.

20. Testicular Self Exams, cont.
3. Look and feel for any lumps or changes in size or shape (might feel like grain of rice or hard lump) 4. Contact doctor if you notice anything that seems abnormal