Histology: Male Reproductive System

Histology · Basic Sciences

How it begins

Microscopic organization, cellular ultrastructure, spermatogenic cycle, exocrine glands and conduction pathways, with histopathological correlations of clinical relevance

What it covers

1. Introduction and General Organization
2. Testicular Histology
3. · 1.1 Testicular Covers and Stroma
4. · 1.2 Seminiferous Tubules
5. · 1.3 Sertoli Cells — Detailed Ultrastructural Description
6. · 1.4 Hematotesticular Barrier (BHT)
7. · 1.5 Leydig Cells — Interstitial Steroidogenesis
8. Spermatogenesis
9. · 2.1 Phases of Spermatogenesis
10. · 2.2 Spermatogonia — Stem Cell of the Germinal Lineage
11. · 2.3 Spermatocytes — Meiosis
12. · 2.4 Spermiogenesis — Differentiation of Spermatid to Sperm
13. · 2.5 Structure of the Mature Sperm
14. · 2.6 Seminiferous Epithelium Cycle and Spermatogenic Waves
15. Spermatic Pathways
16. · 3.1 Straight Tubules and Rete Testis
17. · 3.2 Efferent Canals
18. · 3.3 Epididymis
19. · 3.4 Vas Deferens
20. Accessory Glands: Seminal Vesicles and Gl. Bulbourethral
21. · 4.1 Seminal Vesicles
22. · 4.2 Bulbourethral Glands (Cowper's)
23. Prostate — Detailed Histology
24. · 5.1 McNeal Zonal Organization
25. · 5.2 Glandular Histology — Prostatic Acini
26. · 5.3 Prostatic Fibromuscular Stroma
27. · 5.4 Amylaceous Bodies (Corpora Amylacea)
28. Histology of the Penis — Erectile Tissue
29. · 6.1 Cavernous Bodies
30. · 6.2 Spongy Body
31. · 6.3 Histology of the Erection Mechanism
32. · 6.4 Penile Urethra
33. · 6.5 Penile Skin and Foreskin
34. Integrative Clinical-Histopathological Correlations
35. · 7.1 Germ Cell Tumors (GCT) of the Testicle
36. · 7.2 Orchitis — Histological Patterns
37. · 7.3 Varicocele — Testicular Histopathology
38. · 7.4 Summary — Histology of each SRM segment
39. · Integrating Principle