Produce female gametes (ova) and the hormones estrogen and progesterone
It is responsible for sperm transport, early embryonic development, formation of maternal placenta, housing the fetus throughout gestation and parturition. Also produces prostaglandin F2alpha.
It provides lubrication, a flushing system, and a barrier during pregnancy.
Its primary function is to serve as a copulatory organ, as well as the site for expulsion of urine during micturition, and also is a passive birth canal during parturition.
Suspensory tissue that supports and suspends the ovaries, oviduct, uterus, cervix, and the anterior vagina.
Attaches to and supports the ovary attaching it to the mesometrium
Surrounds and supports the oviduct
Supports the uterus and is continuous with the peritoneum.
Serves as the manufacturing and assembly plant for spermatozoa.
It provides a countercurrent heat exchange mechanism for the testes.
It helps support the testis and aids in control of testicular temperature.
It controls contraction and relaxation of the scrotum.
Accessory Sex Glands
Serves as final alterations and packaging making metabolic substrates, surface coating, and transport for spermatozoa by producing seminal plasma.
The duct derived from the mesonephric duct that connects the tail of the epididymis to the ampulla and transports sperm into the pelvic urethra.
Paired, powerful, striated muscles originating on the medial surface of the ischium, covering the crura penis and inserting on the proximal shaft of the penis.
A thick, circular, striated muscle that is continuous with the urethralis muscle at the position of the bulbourethral glands. It covers the bulb of the penis and attaches to the proximal shaft of the penis. In the stallion, it extends on the ventrolateral surface of the penis to the glans penis.
Retractor Penis Muscles
A pair of smooth muscles originating on the ventral surface of the first few caudal vertebrae. The muscle(s) circumvent the rectum and continue to their attachment on the lateral and urethral surfaces of the penis. Relaxation of this muscle is required for full penile protrusion and erection.
The striated, circular muscle surrounding the pelvic urethra, the contractions of which cause semen to move into the penile urethra.
Somatic cells in the seminiferous epithelium that are believed to govern spermatogenesis. Sertoli cells contain FSH receptors and produce a wide variety of materials and hormones.
Cells found in the interstitial compartment of the testis that produce testosterone.
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