Title: Cunningham's Text-book of anatomy
Identifier: cunninghamstextb00cunn (find matches)
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Cunningham, D. J. (Daniel John), 1850-1909; Robinson, Arthur, b. 1862, ed
Subjects: Anatomy
Publisher: New York, W. Wood
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
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1286 THE UKINO-GENITAL SYSTEM. THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS. We have here to describe (1) the testes or essential reproductive glands of the male, together with their (2) coverings and (3) ducts, (4) the prostate, (5) the bulbo- urethraf glands, (6) the external genital organs, and (7) the male urethra. The reproductive glands of the male, or testes, are a pair of nearly symmetrical oval-shaped bodies situated in the scrotum. The duct of each gland, at first much .twisted and intertwined, forms a structure known as the epididymis, which is applied against the posterior and lateral part of the testis. From the epi- didymis the excretory duct, or ductus deferens, passes upwards towards the inferior part of the anterior abdominal wall, which it pierces very obliquely, to enter the abdominal cavity. Here each ductus deferens is covered by the peritoneum, and almost at once crossing the pelvic brim, enters the pelvis. The duct now runs on the lateral wall of the pelvis towards the base of the bladder, where it comes into relation with a branched tubular structure termed the vesicula seminalis. Joined by the duct of the vesicula seminalis, the ductus deferens forms a short canal called the ejaculatory duct, which terminates by opening into the prostatic part of the urethra. The prostate, a partly glandular, partly muscular structure, surrounding the first part of the urethra, and also a pair of small glandular bodies called the bulbo-urethral glands, are accessory organs connected with the male reproductive system. The ducts of the bulbo-urethral glands and those of the pro- state, like the ejaculatory ducts, open into the urethra, which thus serves not only as a pas- sage for urine, but also for the generative products. The ex- ternal genitals are the penis and scrotum. Spermatic cord Appendix of testis
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THE TESTIS. Head of epididymis — The male reproductive glands, the testes, are a pair of somewhat oval, slightly flat- tened bodies of a whitish colour, measuring about an inch and a half in length, one inch from before backwards, and rather less in thickness. Each testis is placed within the cavity of the scrotum in such a manner that its long axis is directed upwards, slightly forwards, and laterally, and usually the left gland occupies a lower level than the right. The testis (Fig. 1003) has two somewhat flattened surfaces, one of which, called the facies lateralis, or lateral surface, looks backwards as well as laterally; the other, the facies medialis, or medial surface, looks forwards as well as medially, and is usually the more flattened. The two surfaces are separated by two rounded borders, one of which, the margo anterior, is the more convex and free; while the other, the margo posterior, is less rounded, and by it the organ is suspended within the scrotum. The epididymis and the lowest portion of the funiculus spermaticus, or spermatic cord, are Fig. 1003.—Right Testis and Epididymis, exposed by the Removal op the Anterior Wall op the Scrotum.

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