Table of Contents

GENERAL STRUCTURE OF THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

TESTIS

The Distal Reproductive Tract

SPERMATOGENESIS

Spermatogonial Renewal and Differentiation

Meiosis

Spermiogenesis

The Cycle of the Seminiferous Epithelium

THE ROLE OF THE SERTOLI CELL IN SPERMATOGENESIS

ROLE OF THE PERITUBULAR MYOID CELLS

Cellular Processes in Steroidogenesis

INTRINSIC CONTROL SYSTEMS

Meiosis

Spermiogenesis

Cell survival mechanisms

CONTROL OF TESTICULAR FUNCTION

Control of Testosterone Production

Control of Leydig Cell Function by Seminiferous Tubules

The control of spermatogenesis

INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE HYPOTHALAMUS, PITUITARY AND TESTIS

Control of LH Secretion

Control of FSH Secretion