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ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY OF THE PROSTATE AND SEMINAL VESICLES
• THE PAIRED SEMINAL VESICLES ARE LOCATED SUPERIOR TO THE PROSTATE GLAND AND POSTERIOR TO THE BASE OF THE BLADDER.
• THEY SECRETE AN ALKALINE BASED FLUID AND EMPTY INTO THE PAIRED EJACULATORY DUCTS.
• THE EJACULATORY DUCTS ARE FORMED BY THE UNION OF THE SEMINAL VESICLES AND DUCTUS DEFERENS.
• THESE TINY DUCTS TRAVEL THROUGH THE PROSTATE AND EMPTY INTO THE URETHRA AT AN AREA CALLED THE VERUMONTANUM.
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