Prostate Why so important?

The prostate is a male sex organ-specific. Prostate, such as chestnuts, bottom up, and bladder with paste, pointed down, arrived in the urogenital diaphragm, paste in front of symphysis pubis, followed according to the rectum. When there is prostate enlargement, can digital rectal examination, prostate back tactile. The middle of the prostate gland through the urethra, it can be said that the resection of the prostate hold missing you so, prostate disease, voiding the first affected. Its physiological functions can be summarized into four main areas:

First, with exocrine function. The prostate is a male sex gland's largest subsidiary, is one of the human exocrine gland. It can be secreted in prostatic fluid is an important component of semen, and normal sperm play an important role in the function of reproduction is very important. Prostatic fluid secretion by the male hormone regulation.

Secondly, with endocrine function. Contains a wealth of prostate 5α-reductase may be a more physiological testosterone into dihydrotestosterone activity. Dihydrotestosterone in benign prostatic hyperplasia morbidity play an important role in the process. By blocking 5α-reductase, can reduce the emergence of DHT, so that shrinkage of prostate hyperplasia.

Third, with control of urination. Enveloping the prostate urethra, bladder neck and close to form the wall of the proximal urethra, the circular smooth muscle fibers surrounding the Department of transurethral resection of the prostate, urethra sphincter constitute participation. Occurrence of an urge to urinate, accompanied by detrusor contraction, the internal sphincter to relax so that the smooth conduct of urination.
Fourth, with the transport function. Transurethral resection of the prostate, there are real and two through the ejaculatory duct, when the ejaculation, the prostate and the muscle contraction may be in the vas deferens and the contents by the ejaculatory duct into the posterior urethral pressure, and then eliminated from the body. To sum up, the prostate, there are four important functions in the human body has played an important role.