. Journal of anatomy . ical Descent of the Testes give a peritoneal covering to the testis. I need not criticise these statements indetail, but may shortly say that : (1) The testes in the abdomen of the foetus arenot covered by peritoneum, but by germ-epithelium. (2) The testes are not extra-peritoneal in the abdomen after the Wolffian bodies have involuted, but have adistinct mesentery, in tlie main developed from the diminished Wolffian structures.(3) In the scrotum ^^le testes are not covered by peritoneum. If they were, theperitoneum would str p oS as it does from a tumour such as the epo
. Journal of anatomy . ical Descent of the Testes give a peritoneal covering to the testis. I need not criticise these statements indetail, but may shortly say that : (1) The testes in the abdomen of the foetus arenot covered by peritoneum, but by germ-epithelium. (2) The testes are not extra-peritoneal in the abdomen after the Wolffian bodies have involuted, but have adistinct mesentery, in tlie main developed from the diminished Wolffian structures.(3) In the scrotum ^^le testes are not covered by peritoneum. If they were, theperitoneum would str p oS as it does from a tumour such as the epoopboritic (par-ovarian) developing the broad ligament. (,4) The testes in the scrotum are reallycovered with involuting germ epithelium as the ovary is (Frank), Hoffmann).(5) However the human testes get into the scrotum, their route is via the processusvaginalis, into the tunica vaginalis, and then the processus becomes Hunter says this distinctly. I came to this conclusion during the studv of -idjournalofanatomy44anatuoft. 27
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