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Prostate gland

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By Jeannette Curtis; Caroline Rea, RN, BS, MS

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The prostate gland is a small walnut-shaped organ that liesjust below a man's bladder. It surrounds the urethra, the tube that carriesurine from the bladder out of the body through the penis.

The prostate gland produces most of the fluid in semen.

Author:Jeannette Curtis
Caroline Rea, RN, BS, MS
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Last Updated: 05/25/2007