Talk:Seminal vesicles

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This articles states that the "Prostatic secretion is acidic", but on the articles for prostate is says "The function of the prostate is to store and secrete a slightly alkaline (pH 7.29) fluid". The bulbourethral gland is producing acidic secretion, does the confusion come from there ? --Tsaitgaist (talk) 20:23, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

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The phrase first ejaculate fractions is confusing. Could someone clarify whether "first" refers to: the first spurts of an ejaculation? or the first ejaculation in a series? This phrase also occurs verbatim on the prostate page.

The speculation about "developmental rest" and "spermicidal plug" is unreferenced. I have flagged it and moved it, because the WP:Reliable source from SUNY Stony Brook cited on this page explains that the alkalinity of seminal vesicle fluid complements/balances the acidity of prostatic fluid. The prostate page explicitly describes the alkalinity as serving the function of changing the pH of the vagina. Evolutionary speculation is secondary here. Martindo (talk) 22:28, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Both the the prostatic fluid and the fluid from the seminal vesicles is alkaline. These both function to reduce the acidity of the vaginal mucous. As for a source I recommend any base level biology text, however if someone can find a non tertiary source and reference it that would be appreciated. Silver (talk) 00:02, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

The secretions of the prostate are acidic; those of the seminal vesicle are indeed alkaline. It does not seem a very well defined topic; even Guyton and Hall has it mixed up. Sourced.

Msfishi (talk) 13:43, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

how long seminal vesicles can store seminal fluid? And where does that fluid go if we don't ejaculate for some days or months?

how long seminal vesicles can store seminal fluid? And where does that fluid go if we don't ejaculate for some days or months? Ravisingh4106 (talk) 21:24, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

Requested move 18 June 2020

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The result of the move request was: Moved. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:04, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

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:Seminal vesicle → {{no redirect|Seminal vesicles}} – It is more usual to refer to the seminal vesicles as a group rather than individually. See eg the Google n-gram [https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Seminal+vesicle%2C+seminal+vesicles&year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2CSeminal%20vesicle%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cseminal%20vesicles%3B%2Cc0]. It is also the MeSH heading for the word. I acknowledge that the plural form is not the preferred name by Terminologia Anatomica nor FMA but I think here WP:COMMONNAME should trump the technically correct name seeing as they are so similar. Tom (LT) (talk) 07:29, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

Support per nom.--Ortizesp (talk) 13:17, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

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