Abstract
The totality of all the constituents of semen expelled from the urethra at the climax of sexual stimulation, usually combined with orgasm, is called the ejaculate. This ejaculate consists of a mixture of secretions entering the urethra from Cowper’s and Littre’s glands, the prostate gland, the seminal vesicles, the vas deferens, and the epididymis and the spermatozoa which are formed in the testes. The primary function of this complex mixture would appear to be to transport the spermatozoa to the neck of the uterus (Heite and Wokalek 1980; Urry 1985).
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Ludwig, G., Frick, J. (1987). Ejaculate Analysis (Spermiograms). In: Spermatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73659-9_3
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