A vasectomy is a procedure that is a version of birth control for males. It involves a cut in the ductus deferens and then the ends are either castrated or tied to prevent the sperm from flowing. The male gonads are known as testes, which produce sperm through the process of spermatogenesis and reside in the scrotum. The scrotum hands inferiorly to the abdominal pelvic cavity. Within the testes are the seminiferous tubules, which is where the sperm is actually produced. All the seminiferous tubules then merge into one singular tube called a straight tubule. The purpose of the straight tubule is to funnel the sperm into the rete testis. From the rete testis, the sperm would enter the efferent ductules and then the epididymis. From the epididymis, the sperm would then flow to the ductus (vas) deferens. Since a vasectomy was done the ductus (vas) deferens had been blocked and there is nowhere for the sperm to flow and would eventually be broken down in the epididymis. A vasectomy would not inhibit the production of sperm because none of the functions were altered. The only thing that was changed was the only way for the sperm to leave the testis and into the urethra was blocked.
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