The elements of the periodic table sorted by name in an alphabetical list. Click on any element's name for further chemical properties, environmental data or health effects. This list contains the 118 elements of chemistry.
Structures of the male reproductive system include testes, accessory glands, penis, semen, and hormones. Testes. The testes are located outside the abdominal cavity, suspended in a sac called the scrotum, which is between the thighs. Each of the two testis (singular) is surrounded by a tough fibrous connective tissue capsule. The word for the testes originated in the Greek and so named for its oval shape â orchis.
The testes is where it all begins - sperm production, that is. The fate of a man's future generation all lies inside these two, golf-ball-sized organs that hang precariously just below his abdomen. In this lesson, we will look inside the testes to see what the organ that produces a male's sperm looks like.