Male Infertility A child of my own - Andrology Australia

oligozoospermia (or oligospermia) A very low numberof sperm present in the seminal fluidovulation The process by which an egg is released fromthe ovaryprimary seminiferous tubule failure The spermproducing cells in the testes either did not developor have been permanently destroyed. It is anuntreatable conditionprostate cancer A condition in which cells within theprostate grow and divide abnormally so that a tumourgrows in the prostatepuberty The period in both males and females in whichchanges occur in reproductive organs/ovaries/testes sothat reproduction is possibleretrograde ejaculation A health problem where semenflows backwards into the bladder rather than out of thepenis during orgasmscrotum The skin pouch that holds the testessemen Fluid that is ejaculated (released) from the penisduring sexual activity; contains sperm and other fluidsfrom the testes, prostate and seminal vesiclesseminal fluid The thick white fluid mainly produced bythe prostate and seminal vesicles containing sperm that isejaculated by the penisseminal vesicles Sac-like structures in the male, foundnear the prostate gland, which produce fluid that is partof the semen ejaculateMALE INFERTILITY 109