THE MALE GENITAL ORGANS

The male =genital organs= (Organa genitalia masculina) are: (1) The two

=testicles=, the essential reproductive glands, with their coverings and

appendages; (2) the =vasa deferentia=, the ducts of the testicles; (3)

the =vesiculæ seminales=; (4) the =prostate=, a musculo-glandular organ;

(5) the two =bulbo-urethral= (or Cowper’s) =glands=; (6) the male

=urethra=, a canal which transmits the generative and urinary

secretions; (7) the =penis=, the male copulatory organ. The vesiculæ

seminales, the prostate, and the bulbo-urethral glands discharge their

secretions into the urethra, where they mix with the seminal fluid

secreted by the testicles; hence they are often termed the accessory

sexual glands.

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