Human physiology (Volume 2) . Male Hand Fig. The testicle covered by its membranes, andseeming like one body. Right Hand Fig. The testicle freed fromits outer coat. A. Body of the testicle. B. Commencement ofthe epididymis, or globus major. C. The small head or globus mi-nor. D. The vas deferens. — {Sir C- Bell.) 318 meter. When the tube attains the lower end of the globus minor, itbecomes less convoluted, enlarges, turns upwards, and obtains thename of vas deferens. Into the angle, madeby the epididymis whereit terminates in the vasdeferens, is poured thesecretion of
Human physiology (Volume 2) . Male Hand Fig. The testicle covered by its membranes, andseeming like one body. Right Hand Fig. The testicle freed fromits outer coat. A. Body of the testicle. B. Commencement ofthe epididymis, or globus major. C. The small head or globus mi-nor. D. The vas deferens. — {Sir C- Bell.) 318 meter. When the tube attains the lower end of the globus minor, itbecomes less convoluted, enlarges, turns upwards, and obtains thename of vas deferens. Into the angle, madeby the epididymis whereit terminates in the vasdeferens, is poured thesecretion of the appendixor vasculum aberrans,which closely resemblesa single lobule in struc-ture. Its use is marginal figuresexhibit the arrange-ment of the testis and itsducts. The testes of most ani-mals, that procreate butonce a year, are compa-ratively small during themonths when they arenot excited. In man, theorgan before birth, orrather during the greatestpart of gestation, is anabdominal viscus; but,about the seventh monthof foetal existence, it gra-dually descends throughthe abdominal ring intothe scrotum, which itreaches in the eighthmonth, by a mechanismto be described some cases it neverdescends, but remains inthe cavity of the abdo-men, giving rise to con-siderable mental distressmany instances, and in exci
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