Question

Which gland releases a small amount of fluid just prior to ejaculation to decrease acidity in the urethra caused by urine?
A) Prostate
B) Glans penis
C) Seminal vesicle
D) Bulbourethral gland

Answer 1

Hint: The male reproductive system contains two small exocrine glands, the bulbourethral gland and Cowper's gland. Just before ejaculation, this gland secretes a tiny amount of fluid to neutralise the urethra's acidity. The bulbourethral glands resemble the female Bartholin's glands.

Complete Step by Step Answer:
The prostate gland surrounds the top portion of the tube that discharges the bladder of pee in males. It is located right below the bladder (urethra). The prostate's main function is to produce the fluid that delivers and maintains sperm (seminal fluid).
The glans of uncircumcised men is coated in pink, wet tissue known as mucosa. The foreskin is what covers the glans (prepuce). The foreskin is surgically removed from circumcised men, and the mucosa on the glans changes into dry skin.
Anatomically speaking, a seminal vesicle is often thought of as being male. The fluids that will become semen are produced by the two seminal vesicles, which are glands. The seminal glands or vesicular glands are other names for the vesicles.
Hence, option D is the correct answer.

Note: The pre-ejaculate produced by the bulbourethral gland, also known as Cowper's gland, which is a homolog of the female Bartholin's gland, cleans and lubricates the urethra before the arrival of the semen. Pregnancies during coitus interruptus cannot be the result of pre-ejaculatory fluid released at the tip of the urethra by Cowper's gland during sexual stimulation because it did not contain sperm.