Histology: Male Reproductive System

Histology · Basic Sciences

How it begins

Organización microscópica, ultraestructura celular, ciclo espermatogénico, glándulas exocrinas y vías de conducción, con correlaciones histopatológicas de relevancia clínica

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