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What is the primary male sex organ, paired, oval-shaped, and enclosed in a sac called the scrotum?

What do the testes produce?

What are the approximately 900 coiled tubes within the testes where spermatogenesis occurs called?

What is the microscopic male germ cell that, when united with the ovum, produces a zygote?

What are spermatozoon and spermatozoa also called?

What is the principal male sex hormone responsible for the development of male reproductive organs and secondary sex characteristics?

What is the coiled tube attached to each testis that provides for storage, transit, and maturation of sperm?

What is the duct that carries sperm from the epididymis to the urethra?

What encloses each vas deferens along with nerves, lymphatics, arteries, and veins?

What connects with the urinary bladder and carries urine outside the body?

What are the two accessory glands located posterior to the base of the bladder that secrete a thick fluid forming part of the semen?

What is the walnut-shaped gland that encircles the proximal section of the urethra and secretes a fluid aiding in sperm movement and ejaculation?

What prefix means 'before'?

What term refers to 'standing or sitting'?

What is composed of sperm, seminal fluids, and other fluids?

What is the sac containing the testes and epididymis, suspended on both sides of and posterior to the penis?

What is the male organ of urination and coitus (sexual intercourse)?

What is the enlarged tip on the end of the penis called?

What is the fold of skin covering the glans penis in uncircumcised males?

What term refers to reproductive organs, including both internal and external ones?

What are the primary reproductive organs, testes in males and ovaries in females, called?

What prefix refers to 'male'?

What prefix refers to 'glans penis'?

What prefix refers to 'epididymis'?

What prefix refers to 'testis, testicle'?

What prefix refers to 'testes/testicle'?

What prefix refers to 'prostate gland'?

What prefix refers to 'spermatozoa, sperm cells'?

What prefix refers to 'vessel, duct (vas deferens in terms describing the male reproductive system)'?

What prefix refers to 'seminal vesicles'?

What prefix refers to 'bladder, sac'?

What prefix refers to 'hidden'?

What prefix refers to 'stone, calculus'?

What prefix refers to 'scanty, few'?

What prefix refers to 'absence of, without'?

What prefix refers to 'above, excessive'?

What suffix refers to 'pain'?

What suffix refers to 'excision, surgical removal'?

What suffix refers to 'diseased or abnormal state, condition of'?

What suffix refers to 'pertaining to'?

What suffix refers to 'state of'?

What suffix refers to 'inflammation'?

What suffix refers to 'stone, calculus'?

What suffix refers to 'process of cutting, incision'?

What suffix refers to 'surgical fixation'?

What suffix refers to 'disease condition'?

What suffix refers to 'development, formation, growth'?

What suffix refers to 'surgical repair'?

What suffix refers to 'flow, discharge'?

What suffix refers to 'creation of an opening'?

What is a fluid-filled sac around the testicle that causes scrotal swelling?

What term describes a reduced or absent ability to achieve pregnancy, generally defined after one year of frequent, unprotected coitus?

What is the tightness of the prepuce that prevents its retraction over the glans penis, possibly congenital or due to balanitis?

What is a persistent abnormal erection of the penis accompanied by pain and tenderness?

What is cancer of the prostate called?

What is the distention of the epididymis containing an abnormal cyst-like collection of fluid and sperm cells?

What is cancer of the testicle, usually occurring in men 15 to 35 years of age, called?

What is the twisting of the spermatic cord causing decreased blood flow to the testis, often presenting with sudden severe testicular or scrotal pain?

What are enlarged veins of the spermatic cord that may cause scrotal swelling called?

What is the destruction of abnormal or excessive tissue by melting, vaporizing, or eroding called?

What is the surgical removal of the foreskin, where all or part of the foreskin may be removed?

What is the excision of a whole organ or mass without cutting into it called?

What is the surgical removal of a hydrocele from the scrotum called?

What is the use of a focused beam of light to excise or vaporize abnormal tissue and control bleeding called?

What are two common types of procedures used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)?

What is the process of cutting or grinding solid tissue into smaller pieces for removal called?

What is the use of small surgical instruments attached to a computer and operated by the surgeon from a console several feet from the operating table called?

What is the surgical procedure that prevents pregnancy by affecting the ability of the female to conceive or the male to induce conception?

What is the surgical procedure that widens the urethra by making small incisions in the bladder neck and prostate gland, used instead of TURP when the prostate is less enlarged?

What is the treatment that eliminates excess tissue in benign prostatic hyperplasia using heat generated by microwave?

What is the surgical removal of pieces of the prostate gland tissue using an instrument inserted through the urethra, usually performed when the enlarged prostate interferes with urination?

What is the combination of magnetic resonance imaging with transrectal ultrasound to obtain tissue from a prostate lesion called?

What is the magnetic resonance imaging procedure providing information on the anatomic structure and physiology for staging prostate cancer?

What is the ultrasound procedure used to diagnose prostate cancer by sending and receiving sound waves with a transducer probe placed into the rectum?

What is the blood test used to screen for prostate cancer?

What does an elevated PSA indicate?

What does the microscopic observation of ejaculated semen reveal?

What are semen analyses used for?

What is the blood test that measures the level of the hormone responsible for male physical characteristics and is used to detect multiple conditions?

What is the physical examination where the healthcare provider inserts a finger into the rectum to palpate the size and shape of the prostate gland?

What is the sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium C. trachomatis, often referred to as a 'silent STI'?

What are the symptoms of Chlamydia in women?

What is the sexually transmitted disease caused by the herpes simplex type II virus?

What is the sexually transmitted infection caused by a bacterial organism that inflames the mucous membranes of the genitourinary tract?

What is the sexually transmitted infection caused by a retrovirus that infects T helper cells of the immune system?

What is the sexually transmitted infection caused by a viral infection with more than 40 types that cause benign or cancerous growths in genitals?

What are infections spread through sexual contact that affect both males and females, potentially causing serious health consequences if untreated?

What is the infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum that rapidly spreads throughout the body and can progress through 3 stages?

How is syphilis transmitted?

What is the sexually transmitted infection caused by a one-cell organism Trichomonas, affecting the genitourinary tract?

What is the introduction of washed and concentrated sperm into the female reproductive tract as a treatment for infertility called?

What is a cover for the penis worn to prevent conception and the spread of STIs?

What is an agent that destroys spermatozoa and is used to prevent conception?

What is the lack of live sperm in the semen called?

What is the ejection of semen from the male urethra called?

What is the climax of sexual stimulation called?

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