Beef Cattle Male Reproductive System Review

Seminiferous tubules made up of leydig cells and sertoli cells

• Secondary Sex Organs

• Scrotum

• Testicles

• Urethra

Epididymis, Vas Deferens , Seminal Vesicle, Prostate Gland, Cowper;s gland, urethra, and penis

• Testes

• Secondary Sex organs

• Organs

What are the two functions of the testicles?

• Produce spermatozoa (that will not become sperm cells)

• Produce spermatozoa (that will become sperm cells)

• Produce testosterone every other day

• Produce testosterone (male hormone)

What does testicle mean?

• entire organ

• consists of the testis

• the scrotum and the epididymis

• None of the above or only on of the above

What are the seminiferous tubules?

• Found in the testis

• Long coiling structures

• comprised of connected sertoli cells

• Sertoli cells are not present

What produces the spermatozoa?

• Leydig Cells

• Prostate gland

• Cowpers gland

• Sertoli cells

What does BTB mean?

• Blood Test Barrier

• Blood Testis Barter

• Blood Testis Barrier

• None of the above

What is the purpose of BTB?

• Prevents the body from destroying leydig cells

• Prevents the body from destroying sertoli cells

• Is known as a tight junction barrier

What does the BTB prevent?

• Blood from accessing the lumen of the seminferous tubules

• Allows blood to access the lumen of the seminferous tubules

Where are leydig cells dispersed?

• Throughout the scrotum

• Throughout the urethra

• Throughout the testes