Ultrastructure of the Male Urogenital Glands

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Normal and Abnormal Development of Human Male Accessory Sex Glands

   • Fred Sinowatz, Pirkko Kellokumpu-Lehtinen, Werner Amselgruber

   Pages 1-14

3. Role of Mesenchymal-Epithelial Interactions in Normal and Abnormal Development of Male Urogenital Glands

   • Gerald R. Cunha

   Pages 15-34

4. Epithelium of the Distal Portion of the Human Spermatic Pathway: Seminal Vesicle, Ampulla Ductus Deferentis, and Ejaculatory Duct

   • Alessandro Riva, Gerhard Aümuller

   Pages 35-49

5. Secretion and Endocytosis in the Seminal Vesicles

   • Lucinda R. Mata

   Pages 51-60

6. Functional Morphology of Prostate Gland

   • Gerhard Aumüller, Jürgen Seitz, Alessandro Riva

   Pages 61-112

7. Female Prostatic Glands: A Comparative Study

   • Liberato J. A. Di Dio, Sylvia Correr

   Pages 113-122

8. Histochemistry and Electron Microscopy for Diagnosis of Prostatic Cancer

   • Carlo Capella, Bruno Frigerio, Giovanna Finzi, Maurizio Salvadore, Aldo Bono

   Pages 123-137

9. A Review of the Ultrastructure of Human Prostatic and Urethral Endocrine-Paracrine Cells and Neuroendocrine Differentiation in Prostatic Carcinoma

   • Karen L. De Mesy Jensen, P. Anthony Di Sant’Agnese

   Pages 139-161

10. Human Bulbourethral and Urethral Glands

    • Francesca Testa-Riva, Alessandro Riva, Terenzio Congiu, Antonello De Lisa, Pietro M. Motta

    Pages 163-176

11. ABH and Lewis Antigens in Human Male Accessory Sex Glands

    • Margherita Cossu, Maria Serenella Lantini, Roberto Migliari

    Pages 177-185

12. Autonomic Innervation of the Human Male Accessory Sex Glands

    • Annikki Vaalasti

    Pages 187-196

13. Back Matter

    Pages 197-201

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Male urogenital glands (also named male accessory sex glands) have received relatively little attention from electron microscopists, with the possible exception of the prostate gland. Moreover, even though comparative studies have clearly shown that these glands exhibit species-dependent features, very few studies, scattered over various publications, are available on the urogenital glands of man.
This volume, the 11th of the series on Electron Microscopy in Biology and Medicine, presents an unprecedented collection of information on the functional microanatomy and cytoarchitecture of these organs in humans.
Through the integration of transmission and scanning electron microscopy with a variety of modern techniques, it documents the most important aspects of the histophysiology of these glands from their development to some pathological alterations. In order to cover some key mechanisms of their cell biology, such as the action of sex hormones, the epithelio-mesenchymal interactions, and the dynamic of the secretory process, reports on human organs have been supplemented by some studies on experimental animals.
The outstanding level of the contributions and the quality of the illustrations make this book, which has been compiled by some of the world authorities on the topic, a work of reference for students, scientists, and professionals interested in biomedical foundations of andrology, as well as a stimulus for future research in this exciting and relatively neglected chapter of human reproduction.

• anatomy
• andrology
• biology
• carcinoma
• diagnosis
• physiology
• prostate

• Department of Cytomorphology, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

  Alessandro Riva

• Department of Cytomorphology, University of Cagliary, Cagliari, Italy

  Francesca Testa Riva

• Department of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

  Pietro Motta

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