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silviawilliams41

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The nurse is educating high school students about puberty. What will the nurse indicate regulates the production of sperm and secretion hormones?
 
  a. Testes
  b. Vas deferens
  c. Ejaculatory ducts
  d. Prostate gland

Question 2

The nurse is speaking with a couple trying to conceive a child. What will the nurse remind the couple is a factor that can decrease sperm production?
 
  a. Infrequent sexual intercourse
  b. The man not being circumcised
  c. The penis and testes being small
  d. The testes being too warm



TDubDCFL

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
The testes have two functions: manufacture of spermatozoa and secretion of androgens.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
The scrotum is suspended away from the perineum to lower the temperature of the testes for sperm production.



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