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Brooke Shields: Opening Up
Glossary and Infertility Information You Can Use
Seminal vesicles: The pair of pouch-like glands around the prostate that produce the milky fluid that mixes with the sperm prior to ejaculation.
Sharps disposal bin (safety container): A container used for the disposal of needles and other medical waste.
Sperm (spermatozoa): The microscopic cell that carries the male's genetic information to the female's egg; the male reproductive cell; the male gamete.
Sperm count: The number of sperm in an ejaculate. Also called sperm concentration and given as the number of sperm per milliliter.
Spermatogenesis: The process of production of sperm.
Sterility: An irreversible condition that prevents conception.
Subcutaneous (SC) needle: A needle designed to administer medication just below the surface of the skin, into the fatty tissue.
Testes: The two male sexual glands that produce sperm as well as the male hormone testosterone.
Testosterone: The male hormone responsible for the formation of secondary sex characteristics and for supporting the sex drive. Testosterone is also necessary for spermatogenesis (sperm development).
Tubal pregnancy: The development and attachment of a fertilized egg in a fallopian tube.
Ultrasound: A test used instead of X-rays to visualize the reproductive organs; for example, to monitor follicular development.
Uterus: Hollow muscular organ where the fetus grows until birth.
Vagina: Muscular opening in the woman extending from the vulva to the cervix of the uterus.
Varicocele: Varicose veins in the testicle that can cause sperm abnormalities.
Vas deferens: The pair of tubes in the male that lead from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct in the prostate.
Information courtesy of Serono, Inc.
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