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Encyclopedia > Ejaculatory duct
Ejaculatory duct
Male Anatomy
Vesiculæ seminales and ampullæ of ductus deferentes, seen from the front. The anterior walls of the left ampulla, left seminal vesicle, and prostatic urethra have been cut away.
Latin ductus ejaculatorii
Gray's subject #261 1247
System
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MeSH A05.360.444.251
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The Ejaculatory ducts are part of the human male anatomy, which cause the reflex action of ejaculation. Each male has two of them. Image File history File links Drawing of the Male Internal Sexual Anatomy From alt. ... Image File history File links Gray1153. ... The seminal vesicles are a pair of glands posterinferior to the urinary bladder of males. ... The vas deferens, also called ductus deferens, (Latin: carrying-away vessel) is part of the male anatomy of some species, including humans. ... The ampulla of Vater is a sphincter (a small muscle) where the common bile duct enters the duodenum. ... Male Anatomy The seminal vesicles are a pair of glands on the posterior surface of the urinary bladder of males. ... Female anatomy In anatomy, the urethra is a tube which connects the urinary bladder to the outside of the body. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... In biology, an organ is a group of tissues which perform some function. ... Embryology is the branch of developmental biology that studies embryos and their development. ... Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) is a huge controlled vocabulary (or metadata system) for the purpose of indexing journal articles and books in the life sciences. ... Elseviers logo Elsevier, the worlds largest publisher of medical and scientific literature, forms part of the Reed Elsevier group. ... Trinomial name Homo sapiens sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 Humans, or human beings, are bipedal primates belonging to the mammalian species Homo sapiens (Latin for wise man or knowing man) under the family Hominidae (the great apes). ... The shield and spear of the Roman God Mars are often used to represent the male sex In heterogamous species, male is the sex of an organism, or of a part of an organism, which typically produces smaller, mobile gametes (spermatozoa) that are able to fertilise female gametes (ova). ... Anatomical drawing of the human muscles from the Encyclopédie. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...


They begin at the vas deferens, pass through the prostate, and empty into the urethra at the Colliculus seminalis. During ejaculation, semen passes through the ducts and exits the body via the penis. The vas deferens, also called ductus deferens, (Latin: carrying-away vessel) is part of the male anatomy of some species, including humans. ... Male Anatomy The prostate is an exocrine gland of the male mammalian reproductive system. ... Female anatomy In anatomy, the urethra is a tube which connects the urinary bladder to the outside of the body. ... Human semen collected on a glass surface during ejaculation process. ... The penis (plural penises, penes, peni) or phallus is an external male sexual organ. ...


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Male - Urethra | Testes | Scrotum | Spermatic cord | Epididymis | Seminiferous tubules | Sertoli cell | Rete testis | Efferent ducts | Vas deferens | Seminal vesicles | Ejaculatory duct | Penis | Corpus cavernosum | Glans penis | Fundiform ligament | Foreskin | Frenulum | Prostate | Bulbourethral glands 

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Ejaculatory duct - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (110 words)
The anterior walls of the left ampulla, left seminal vesicle, and prostatic urethra have been cut away.
The Ejaculatory ducts are part of the human male anatomy, which cause the reflex action of ejaculation.
During ejaculation, semen passes through the ducts and exits the body via the penis.
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