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seminal vesicles Glands that contribute fructose to sperm. The fructose serves as an energy source. The structures that add fructose and hormones to semen. PICTURE ...
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seminal vesicles
Apart of the male reproductive tract that stores sperm in invertebrates and produces semen in vertebrates.
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semen: a fluid secretion containing sperm and secretions from the prostate gland, seminal vesicles, and Cowper's glands.
semilunar valves: two valves found in the pulmonary artery and the aorta.
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Fluid is added to the sperm by the seminal vesicles, Cowper's glands, and the prostate gland. [View] These fluids provide a source of energy (fructose) and perhaps in other ways provide an optimum chemical environment for the sperm.
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semen The thick, whitish secretion of the reproductive organs in the male; composed of sperm and secretions from the prostate, seminal vesicles, and various other glands and ducts.
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Some 60% of the volume of ejaculate is produced by the seminal vesicles, and most of the remainder is generated by the prostate.
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