Testis [testis]

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Terms

varlata
varle

 

Testes
Testicles

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Definition

The male gonad containing two functional parts: the SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES for the production and transport of male germ cells (SPERMATOGENESIS) and the interstitial compartment containing LEYDIG CELLS that produce ANDROGENS.

Annotation
torsion = SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; inflammation = ORCHITIS; /abnorm: agenesis or dysgenesis: coord TESTIS /abnorm (IM) with GONADAL DYSGENESIS (IM); /cytol: consider also LEYDIG CELLS; /surg is probably ORCHIECTOMY; excision = ORCHIECTOMY
DUI
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CUI
M0021193
Consider also
consider also terms at ORCHI-

A Anatomy
A05.360 Genitalia 199
A05.360.444 Genitalia, Male 198
A05.360.444.123 Bulbourethral Glands 4
A05.360.444.251 Ejaculatory Ducts 5
A05.360.444.371 Epididymis 88
A05.360.444.492 Penis 272
A05.360.444.575 Prostate 333
A05.360.444.661 Scrotum 130
A05.360.444.713 Seminal Vesicles 57
A05.360.444.777 Spermatic Cord 14
A05.360.444.849 Testis 496
A05.360.444.849.513 Leydig Cells 31
A05.360.444.849.600 Rete Testis 19
A05.360.444.849.700 Seminiferous Tubules 10
A05.360.444.849.789 Sertoli Cells 23
A05.360.444.930 Vas Deferens 16
A05.360.576 Gonads 136
A05.360.576.497 Ovary 615
A05.360.576.782 Testis 496
A06.300 Endocrine Glands 187
A06.300.312 Gonads 136
A06.300.312.497 Ovary 615
A06.300.312.782 Testis 496
A06.300.312.782.513 Leydig Cells 31