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(a) What is puberty ?

(b) Describe in brief the functions of the following parts in the human male reproductive system :

(i) Testes

(ii) Seminal vesicle

(iii) Vas deferens

(iv) Urethra

(c) Why are testes located outside the abdominal cavity ?

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

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a) Puberty is the process of physical changes in the body through which a child's body matures and turns into an adult body and becomes capable of sexual reproduction.

b) (i) Testes: It is the male gonad and part of the genital tract. It is the organ that produces sperms and male sexual hormone, testosterone.

(ii) Seminal vesicle: It secretes fluids onto the sperms for ease of transport and nutrition

(iii) Vas deferens: It is a tube transporting spermatozoa from the epididymis to the prostate part of the urethra.

(iv) Urethra: It brings the urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder 

c) because the temperature of the testicles needs to be cooler than the inside of the body.

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