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Prostate gland secretion helps neutralize seminal fluid because the prostate secretion is?
The prostate gland secretion helps neutralize seminal fluid because it is alkaline in nature. This alkaline fluid, which makes up a significant portion of semen, helps neutralize the acidic environment of the urethra and vaginal tract, providing a more hospitable environment for sperm survival and motility. Additionally, the alkaline nature of prostate secretion may also help protect sperm from the acidic environment of the female reproductive tract.
Is the prostate endocrine?
Prostate is an endocrine gland (that means its secretion is secreted inside your body). Prostate produces semen which nourish and carry sperm from testicles via penis during ejaculation.
Male gland that surrounds the upper end of the urethra?
The prostate gland encircles the neck of the bladder in teh male.
Which one of the seminal fluid glands is not a paired gland?
prostate gland
What structures are unpaired in the males reproductive system?
Prostate Gland
What is the name of the component of the male reproductive tract that produces an alkaline nutrient-rich secretion that comprises about 30 percent of the semen volume?
Prostate gland
What body functions does the prostate gland control?
The prostate's main function is the secretion of a white sticky fluid that constitutes a high percentage of semen. The prostate also contains some smooth muscles, that assist in the actual ejaculation motion during orgasm.
Where does secretion from the prostate gland deposited?
The fluid secreted from the prostate mixes with semen and comes out during ejaculation. The fluid helps the sperm move through the semen. The fluid from the prostate also comes out during a prostate massage or prostate milking. In both cases the fluid comes out through the urethra in the penis.
Why does prostate gland secretion help neutralize seminal fluid?
Semen lives in a chemically "base" environment. Exposure to an acid environment would kill it. Urine is an acid. Fluid from Cowper's gland neutralizes any uric acid in the urethra. Actually the seminal fluid is acidic and the secretion from the prostste gland is alkaline so it neutralizes the fluid.
Is the prostate gland inferior to the bladder?
Yes, the prostate gland is inferior to the bladder.
Where does the semen go if there is no prostate gland?
Semen is made in the prostate. No gland-no semen.
A disorder of what gland affecting the mans ability to urinate?
Prostate gland
