loading...| Preferred Name | scrotum | |
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The external sac of skin that encloses the testes. It is an extension of the abdomen, and in placentals is located between the penis and anus. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001300 |
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NCIT:C12785 BTO:0003098 SCTID:265794003 MESH:D012611 CALOHA:TS-2341 UMLS:C0036471 galen:Scrotum EMAPA:19296 Wikipedia:Scrotum FMA:18252 GAID:393 MA:0000409 |
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| definition |
The external sac of skin that encloses the testes. It is an extension of the abdomen, and in placentals is located between the penis and anus. |
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Scrotum_warm_and_cold.jpg |
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uberon |
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scrotal |
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UBERON:0001300 |
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scrotum |
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UBERON:0001300 |
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scrotum |
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scrotum |
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The scrotum of marsupials is not homologous with the scrotum of mammals[ISBN:113945742X] In marsupials, the scrotum is not homologous to the eutherian scrotum, and development is under the control of X-linked genes, not androgens In humans and some other mammals, the base of the scrotum becomes covered with pubic hair at puberty In marsupials, the scrotum is positioned in the caudal area of the abdomen, in the same position as the pouch in females. It has been suggested that the pouch and marsupial scrotum are sexual homologs, but it is more likely they arise from different primordia in the same morphogenetic field In elephants the testes remain in the abdomen In hedgehogs the testes remain in the inguinal canal |
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