What would be the results of the vasectomy?

Question

A vasectomy is a minor surgery that blocks or cuts the vas deferens. In the diagram below, Point 1 shows where the vas deferens would be cut and Point 2 shows how the vas deferens is sealed with surgical clips on each side. What would be the results of the vasectomy?

A. The testes would not produce sperm.

B. The prostate would not produce seminal fluid.

C. Sperm would not travel from the testes to the epididymis.

D. Sperm would not travel from the epididymis to the seminal vesicle.

Answer 1

So Egeg G.,

The site of the cut -- what portion of the normal sperm travel does that interrrupt? Read the diagram.

-- Cheers, --Mr. d.

Answer 2

The vas deferens is where sperm travels to the semen. The sperm originates in the epididymis and travels to the seminal vesicle via the vas deferens.

The best outcome of a vasectomy would be that

D. Sperm would not travel from the epididymis to the seminal vesicle.