sperm amount??? - Sexual Health - Men Message Board

Mr.September · 01-22-2003, 09:10 PM

help resolve a dispute....the bigger your balls the more sperm you put out??? or not???
bigger allows to store more...which means you can ejaculate more times in a day...or not???
crazy question but just want to end a little dispute.
Thanks !

[This message has been edited by bfl (edited 01-23-2003).]

wrin · 01-22-2003, 09:16 PM

No, not necessarily.

A few reasons;

I'm assuming you're talking about semen amount and not sperm amount because sperm cannot be directly quantified without a microscope, and unless you really really want to count 'em all.

Semen amount is influenced primarily by the addition of other substances from accessory glands -- not just the presence of sperm in semen.

Ejaculation amount also varies from ejaculation to ejaculation.

Blastoff9600 · 01-22-2003, 10:00 PM

Wrin is right it is semen,since sperm can not be counted or seen with the naked eye.
Also right that bigger does not mean more.
There are alot of factors to throw in and size isnt necessarily one of those.

If you actually mean sperm. Then yet again the answer is no. There are men who can have big balls but not produce much when it comes to actual sperm proudction. Then there can be guys who have small ones but their bodies produce above average sperm counts.
So with a different twist size doesnt matter.

orion · 01-23-2003, 12:14 AM

95% of semen comes from the prostate gland and less than 5% from testicles. Testicle size doesn't effect the amount of semen. The main determinate of semen quantity is blood testosterone levels which direct act to stimulate semen production.

focus · 01-26-2003, 09:40 AM

There is a direct correlation between testicle size and sperm production. This has been proven in all mammals, not just humans. Mostly due to the larger the testicles, the more sperm producing cells there are. Now, having said that, there are many factors that affect sperm production other than testicle size, so its very possible that someone with larger testicles is less fertile than someone with smaller testicles. There's just too many factors to make that determination.

Testicles don't really store sperm - they just produce them, then move them toward the vas deferens and ampulla which inside the body for storage and ejaculation.

Also, sperm makes up a small percentage of the volume of semen, so someone with a high sperm count doesn't have visually more semen he ejaculates. All that semen fluid is produced by other glands such as the prostate, and seminal vesicles, not the testicles.