. Cunningham's Text-book of anatomy. Anatomy. 1290 THE UKINO-GENITAL SYSTEM. within the scrotum towards the lower part of the anterior abdominal wall, which it reaches not far from the median plane. During this part of its course the duct, together with the vessels and nerves of the testis, is surrounded by a number of loose coverings derived from certain layers of the abdominal wall, and the cord-like structure so formed is termed the funiculus spermaticus or spermatic cord. The ductus deferens, together with the accompanying vessels and nerves, now passes through the abdominal wall in an obl
. Cunningham's Text-book of anatomy. Anatomy. 1290 THE UKINO-GENITAL SYSTEM. within the scrotum towards the lower part of the anterior abdominal wall, which it reaches not far from the median plane. During this part of its course the duct, together with the vessels and nerves of the testis, is surrounded by a number of loose coverings derived from certain layers of the abdominal wall, and the cord-like structure so formed is termed the funiculus spermaticus or spermatic cord. The ductus deferens, together with the accompanying vessels and nerves, now passes through the abdominal wall in an oblique passage, to which the name canalis inguinalis is applied. Within the abdomen the duct lies immediately beneath the peritoneum, and soon crossing over the pelvic brim, it enters the pelvis, on the side wall of which it proceeds backwards towards the base of the bladder. Here, near the median plane, the ductus deferens is joined by the duct of the correspond- Median umbilical ligament (urachus) Urinary bladder Plica vesicalis transversa „_. .' __ Paravesical peritoneal fossa Trigonum femorale _—- T ' j. ." /_ —: Obliterated umbilical artery External ^".. - *-^=r==^l^aSfc=====~-i--- I ---., Interior iliac vessels ^ H PTIi1 11 fiSe-Sfcyt epigastric artery. Internal spermatic artery Ductus deferens ; Recto-vesical pouch Intervertebral fibro-cartiiage I 1 Ureter 1 External iliac artery Hypogastric artery Rectum Sacro-genital fold Fig. 1008.—View of the Male Pelvis seen from above and behind. of the ductus deferens is well seen. The course ing vesicula seminalis, and the ejaculatory duct, thus formed, having traversed the prostate, opens into the urethra. At first the ductus deferens, like the canal from which it takes its origin, is very tortuous, but soon increasing in thickness, the duct becomes less twisted, and passes upwards along the medial side of the epididymis, behind the testis, to enter the spermatic funiculus (Fig. 1007). Its course is now almo
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