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  2. Scrotum - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of the scrotum. On the left side, the cavity of the tunica vaginalis has been opened; on the right side, only the layers superficial to the cremaster muscle have been removed. In regards to humans, the scrotum is a suspended dual-chambered sac of skin and muscular tissue containing the testicles and the lower part of the spermatic cords .

  3. Testicle - Wikipedia

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    A testicle or testis (pl. testes) is the gonad in all male bilaterians, including humans, and is homologous to the ovary in females. Its primary functions are the production of sperm and the secretion of androgens, primarily testosterone. The release of testosterone is regulated by luteinizing hormone (LH) from the anterior pituitary gland.

  4. List of related male and female reproductive organs - Wikipedia

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    ot. The genital ridge from which either the ovary or testis is formed. o. The left ovary: t. Testis in the place of its original formation; t', together with the dotted lines above, indicates the direction in which the testis and epididymis descend from the abdomen into the scrotum. Skene's glands a.k.a. paraurethral gland: pr. Prostate: u. Uterus.

  5. Lobules of testis - Wikipedia

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    A diagram of the major components of an adult human testicle, including the following numbered items: 1. ... "Inguinal Region, Scrotum and Testes: Testis" This page ...

  6. Tunica albuginea of testis - Wikipedia

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    The tunica albuginea is a dense, [1] [2] blue-white [3] layer of fibrous tissue surrounding the testis. [1] [4] It is the middle of three envelopes forming the capsule of the testis; it is deep to the visceral layer of tunica vaginalis, and superficial to the tunica vasculosa testis (vascular layer of testis).

  7. Spermatic cord - Wikipedia

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    The spermatic cord is the cord-like structure in males formed by the vas deferens (ductus deferens) and surrounding tissue that runs from the deep inguinal ring down to each testicle. Its serosal covering, the tunica vaginalis, is an extension of the peritoneum that passes through the transversalis fascia. Each testicle develops in the lower ...

  8. Tunica vaginalis - Wikipedia

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    It is the outermost of the three layers that constitute the capsule of the testis, with the tunica albuginea of testis situated beneath it. It is the remnant of a pouch of peritoneum which is pulled into the scrotum by the testis as it descends out of the abdominal cavity during foetal development. [3]

  9. Septa of testis - Wikipedia

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    The septa testis are fibrous partitions of the testis dividing the testis into compartments - the lobules of the testis. The septa are formed by extensions of the tunica albuginea - the dense fibrous connective tissue surface covering of the testis - into the substance of the testis. The septa converge towards the mediastinum testis. [1]