What is the Prostate?
Together with other structures, the prostate gland makes up the male sex organs. A healthy prostate is about the size of a walnut and sits just below the bladder, surrounding the urethra, a tube that carries urine and semen out of the penis. The prostate secretes a milky fluid that provides nutrients to the sperm and is discharged into the prostatic urethra at the time of emission of semen. Read more about prostate.
The prostate is a gland in the male genital-urinary tract. The main function of the prostate is to produce fluid that transports sperm during ejaculation.The prostate is located below the bladder and surrounds the urethra. The urethra is the tube that carries urine from the bladder through the penis. Another name for the urethra is the urinary channel.
The prostate is a walnut-sized gland that sits at the base of the bladder. It’s hollow — similar to a donut — and the urethra runs right through the middle of the prostate. That’s why as men get older and the prostate enlarges, there can be some impingement on the urethra and they can have difficulty urinating.
