Male Reproductive System

Penis

Prostate

Seminal Vesciles

Testicles

0. located just below the bladder and in front of the rectum

0. about the size of a walnut and surrounds the urethra (the tube that empties urine from the bladder)

• Prostatic and seminal secretions are conveyed through numerous ducts to __ __

• Fluids are then carried outside the body through penis via the __ __ and finally exit through the external urethral orifice

• Shaped like a cone with a central core: the prostatic urethra

How many zones is the prostate gland divided into?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

• (Largest) zone of the prostate, the area lateral and posterior to the distal prostatic urethra

This zone of the prostate is located at the superior edge bordering the bladder and seminal vesicles. The ejaculatory ducts course through this zone

The __ zone of the prostate borders the central zone posteriorly and laterally and the fibromuscular tissue anteriorly