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Sperm sac

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Sperm sac may refer to:

  • Spermatophore, a mass of spermatozoa, a sperm sac passed between reproductive partners.[1]
  • Spermatheca, an organ in females that stores sperm for later use, the sperm sac.[2]
  • Milt, sperm sacs, large sacs containing large amounts of matured sperm.[3][4]
  • Epididymis, a part of the extended testes region that stores sperm, the sperm sac.[5][6]
    • Spermatocele, a deformation of the epididymis, as sacs of fluid and sperm, sperm sacs.[5][6]
  • Seminal vesicle, a gland for seminal fluid, also called the sperm sac.[7]
    • sperm sac, a blind-end pouch of the seminal vesicle.[8]
  • Testes, testicles; glands that produce sperm, sperm sacs.[9]
  • Scrotum, a sac which holds the testes.[10]

References

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  1. ^ Margaret C. Bloch Qazi; Joshua T. Herbeck; Sara M. Lewis (November 1996). "Mechanisms of Sperm Transfer and Storage in the Red Flour Beetle (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) Get access Arrow". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 89 (6): 892–897. doi:10.1093/aesa/89.6.892.
  2. ^ Nicholas Burgess; G.O. Cowan (2012). A Colour Atlas of Medical Entomology. Springer. p. 5. ISBN 978-94-011-1548-3.
  3. ^ Sandra Millen (December 2003). "Urogenital system". Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia.
  4. ^ Chichi Wang (10 August 2018). "The Nasty Bits: Cod Milt Season". Serious Eats.
  5. ^ a b "Scrotal lumps". Nottingham Urology Group.
  6. ^ a b "Spermatocele". Mayo Clinic. 31 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Intergenerational metabolic priming by sperm piRNAs". 29 March 2021. bioRxiv 10.1101/2021.03.29.436592.
  8. ^ Gerardo De Iuliis; Dino Pulerà (2011). "The Shark § Male Urogenital System". The Dissection of Vertebrates. Elsevier. doi:10.1016/C2009-0-00124-X. ISBN 978-0-12-375060-0.
  9. ^ Dora B. Montefiore (1920), "Race Motherhood, Is Women a Race?", Marxists Internet Archive, Women's Freedom League
  10. ^ ORCHID (April 2013). Testicular Cancer: Everything you need to know (PDF). St Bartholomew's Hospital. p. 6.