Question

What does the prostate do and where is it located?  

What role does FSH and LH play in the male productive system? 

Answer 1

Prostate gland:

- The prostate gland is male reproductive organ whose main function is to secrete prostate fluid, one of the components of semen.

- The muscles of the prostste gland also help propel this seminal fluid into the urethra during ejaculation.

- The prostate is a walnut sized gland located between the bladder and the penis.

- The prostate is just infront of the rectum.

- The urethra runs through the center of the prostate, from the bladder to the penis, letting urine flow out of the body.

The role of the FSH and LH in the male reproductive system:

- At the onset of the puberty, the hypothalamus begins secreting high pulses of gonadotropin-releasing hormone.

- In response pitutary gland releases follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and Luteinizing hormone (LH) into the male system for the first time.

- FSH enters the testes, stimulating the Sertoli cells, which help to nourish the sperm cells that the testes produce, to begin facillating spermatogenesis.

- LH also enters testes, stimulating the interstitial cells called Leydig cells, to make and release testosterone into the testes and the blood.

- Testoserone, the hormone responsible for the secondary sexual characteristics that develop in the male during adolescence, stimulates spermatogenesis.