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Urogenital System > Genitalia > Genitalia, Male > Testis
Endocrine System > Endocrine Glands > Gonads > Testis
Urogenital System > Genitalia > Gonads > Testis

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Testis  

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Entry terms

  • Testes
  • Testicle
  • Testicles

Note

  • torsion = SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; inflammation = ORCHITIS; /abnorm: agenesis or dysgenesis: coord TESTIS /abnorm (IM) with GONADAL DYSGENESIS (IM); /cytol: consider also LEYDIG CELLS; /surg is probably ORCHIECTOMY; excision = ORCHIECTOMY

Scope note

  • The male gonad containing two functional parts: the SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES for the production and transport of male germ cells (SPERMATOGENESIS) and the interstitial compartment containing LEYDIG CELLS that produce ANDROGENS.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013737

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