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• Note increase in height, weight, thickening of
  the musculature, broadening of the shoulders,
  development of body hair
• Facial hair, underarm, chest hair, pubic hair
• Change in skin tone, maturing of the reproductive
  system

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Parts of the Male Reproductive System -
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• Penis
• - Male sex organ. It is used for sexual
• intercourse
• Made up of spongy tissue
• Used for elimination of urine from the
• body
• - Highly sensitive end or head of penis is
  called the GLANS

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Parts of the Male Reproductive System

• Erection
• - When the penis increases and size and becomes
  upright and stiff
• - During Puberty erections can be causes
• by
• - Sexual stimulation
• - Nocturnal emissions
• - Waking up with a full bladder
• - No reason at all

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Parts of the Male Reproductive System

• Ejaculation
• - The release of semen from the penis

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Parts of the Male Reproductive System

• Semen
• - The fluid expelled from the body during
  ejaculation
• - It contains millions of sperm in a fluid that
  contains nutrients for the sperm

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Parts of the Male Reproductive System

• Seminal Vesicles
• - Glands that produce the fluid (semen)
• to carry the sperm out of the males body

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Parts of the Male Reproductive System

• Testes (Testicles)
• - This is where the sperm cells and the male
  hormone, TESTOTERONE, are produced
• - The testes are located in the scrotum
• - Produce Testosterone which triggers puberty

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Parts of the Male Reproductive System

• Scrotum
• - The pouch or sac of skin which contains the
  testicles
• - Keep temperature in the testes is 6 degrees
  below body temperature, the best temperature for
  producing sperm

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Parts of the Male Reproductive System

• Epididymus
• - The place where sperm mature and are stored

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Parts of the Male Reproductive System

• Sperm
• - The male sex cells which are capable of
• fertilizing and egg
• - 400 million could fit on the head of a pin
• - Testicles can produce more than 200
• million or more sperm cells a day
• - Can live up to 6-8 hours in the vagina, once
  they enter the uterus and fallopian tubes they
  can live up to 3-5 days

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Parts of the Male Reproductive System

• Vas Deferens
• - The two tubes through which sperm travel after
  leaving the epididymis on their way to the urethra

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Parts of the Male Reproductive System

• Urethra
• - The tube that runs through the penis through
  which urine and semen leaves the body
  (ejaculation)
• - A valve at the entrance to the bladder
  prevents urine from entering the urethra

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Parts of the Male Reproductive System

• Prostate Gland
• - A gland that secretes a clear fluid which
  makes up about 1/3 of the fluid in an ejaculation
• - The fluid from the prostate provides
  nourishment to the sperm on their journey through
  the female reproductive tract

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Parts of the Male Reproductive System

• Cowpers Gland
• - Glands that produce a clear sticky fluid when
  male is sexually excited
• - Pre-ejaculation fluid