Name the 3 glands for making sperm— names, location, and brief function. Explain only human Anatomy.
1 . Seminal vesicle - seminal vesicle are paired glands situated in lower abdomen on either side of prostate gland behind urinary bladder. Each seminal vesicle is a hollow sac of irregular shape and is lined by complex mucous membrane.
Fructose and other nutritive substances in seminal fluid are utilized by sperms after being ejaculated into the female genital tract.
2. Prostate gland- prostate secret prostatic fluid,which is emptied into the prostatic urethra through prostatic sinuses.
Prostatic fluid provides optimum pH for the motility of sperms. It is also essential for holding sperms in uterine cervix.
3. Bulbourethral gland- also called as Cowper's gland. These are situated posterolateral to membranous urethra. They secret mucus into the semen.
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