gubernaculum

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Dr. Sharpey (Quain's Anatomy, 5th edition) observes, that "the office of the gubernaculum is yet imperfectly understood."

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  1. The posterior trailing flagellum of a biflagellate infusorian, used for steering: correlated with tractellum. A gubernaculum is developed in such infusorians as Anisonema and Heteromita. H. J. Clark.
  2. In odontography, an embryonic epithelial structure which becomes the enamel-organ of the tooth.
  3. In anatomy, a fibrous cord passing downward from the testis in the fetus to the skin of the scrotum, and drawing down the testis as the fetus grows.

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