testis

• By the time that the testis, 5, is about to enter the internal inguinal ring, 6 a, (seventh or eighth month,) a process or pouch of the peritonaeal membrane (processus vaginalis) has already descended through this aperture into the scrotum, and the testicle follows it The descent of the testis is effected by a very slow and gradual process of change. —  Surgical Anatomy
• From my own observations, I am led to believe that no such muscular structure as a gubernaculum exists, and therefore that the descent of the testis is the effect of another cause. —  Surgical Anatomy
• Spermatozoa attached to the parent cell (g.e.) from the lining epithelium of the testis, and one free. —  Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata
• As the sarco-lactic acid liberated in the muscles is not oxygenated a condition of acidosis ensues The more highly the injured part is endowed with sensory nerves the more marked is the shock; a crush of the hand, for example, is attended with a more intense degree of shock than a correspondingly severe crush of the foot; and injuries of such specially innervated parts as the testis, the urethra, the face, or the spinal cord, are associated with severe degrees, as are also those of parts innervated from the sympathetic system, such as the abdominal or thoracic viscera. —  Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition.
• The importance of the testicles has not, however, been altogether ignored, as the very word testis itself shows, for the testis is simply the witness of virility. —  Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy

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