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Gland, prostate: A gland within the male reproductive system that is located just below the bladder. Chestnut shaped, the prostate surrounds the beginning of the urethra, the canal that empties the bladder.
The prostate is actually not one but many glands, 30-50 in number, between which is abundant tissue containing many bundles of smooth muscle. The secretion of the prostate is a milky fluid that is discharged into the urethra at the time of the ejaculation of semen.
The origin of the name "prostate" is quite curious. The word is from the Greek "prostates", to stand before. The anatomist Herophilus called it the prostate because, as he saw matters, it stands before the testes.
The best way to understand the prostate gland, which lies between the bladder and the rectum, is to look at a picture of the prostate gland.
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The male prostate gland is a walnut-sized gland that weighs about an ounce and is one and a half inches long. It is a fluid producing organ that sits under the neck ...
prostate gland gland that is part of the male reproductive system . It is an organ about the size of a chestnut and consists of glandular and...
Facts about the prostate gland: The prostate gland is about the size of a walnut and surrounds the neck of a man’s bladder and urethra - the tube that carries urine from ...