The nurse is reviewing with the high school students the structures of the male reproductive system and their functions. What would be the best explanation by the nurse about the function of the seminal vesicles?
A) Location of final stages of maturation of sperm cells
B) Produce spermatozoa and secrete sex hormones
C) Transport sperm to the ejaculatory duct
D) Produce semen, the fluid medium for sperm
D
Feedback:
Testes produce spermatozoa and secrete sex hormones. Epididymis is the location of final stages of maturation of sperm cells. Ductus deferens transports sperm from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct. Seminal vesicles produce semen, the fluid medium for sperm.
You might also like to view...
When asked about her activities, a 10-year-old girl responded, "I like school. I play the flute in the school band, and I take tennis lessons." What does the nurse know these activities will help this child develop?
a. Initiative b. Industry c. Identity d. Intimacy
The psychiatric-mental health nurse is receiving a report on a patient being transferred to the hospital from a local emergency department. What is important for the receiving nurse to remember during this pre-interaction with the patient?
1. Determine the patient's state of mind. 2. Suspend expectations about the patient. 3. Determine how the patient will present. 4. Suspend reflection about the patient's condition.
A nurse is assigned to care for four patients. The nurse determines that the patient who is most at risk for injury from trying to get out of bed is
1. An 84-year-old patient who has a fecal impaction. 2. An 8-year-old child who underwent a tonsillectomy. 3. A 16-year-old adolescent who had an appendectomy. 4. A 62-year-old patient who had a myocardial infection.
The physician orders incentive spirometry for a postoperative client with an abdominal incision. The client asks the nurse why this treatment is necessary. Select the best response
1. "The combination of anesthesia and the abdominal incision has decreased your ability to breathe deeply. This device will give you a goal for taking and sustaining deep breaths, which will reverse these effects." 2. "This device will inflate your lungs and make you feel better. Besides, the doctor has ordered it." 3. "This device is only for the purpose of measuring your progress and gives us documentation for the medical chart. This may allow you to go home early." 4. "Using the incentive spirometer will make you cough up your sputum. The more sputum you cough up, the better, but it will hurt. This device can also give you lots of distraction during painful episodes."