Seminal vesicles as organs of sperm storage.
This study was done to determine whether or not the seminal vesicles store spermatozoa. Half of the nonhuman primates' vesicles had sperm at autopsy as did one of the men dying a traumatic death. Seminal vesicle sperm storage may be the reason for continued spermatozoa in the ejaculates of men after vasectomy.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004901:Erythrocebus patas / Q000502:physiology; D000882:Haplorhini; D006801:Humans; D008253:Macaca mulatta / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D002679:Pan troglodytes / Q000502:physiology; D012453:Saimiri / Q000502:physiology; D012669:Seminal Vesicles / Q000502:physiology*; D013083:Sperm Transport; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000502:physiology*; D014649:Vas Deferens / Q000502:physiology