Which paired glands lie posterior to the urinary bladder in the male?

a. Seminal vesicles
b. Prostate glands
c. Cowper glands
d. Parabladder glands


ANS: A
The seminal vesicles are glands about 4-6 cm long that lie behind the urinary bladder and in front of the rectum. The prostate glands surround the urethra. The Cowper glands run close to the ure-thra. The parabladder is not a gland.

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