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ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY OF THE MALE PELVIS
• THE SCROTUM PROVIDES A MEANS FOR TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR THE TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE SPERM
• THE CREMASTER MUSCLE, A STRUCTURE LOCATED WITHIN THE SPERMATIC CORD, ALSO ALTERS THE POSITION OF THE TESTICLE WITHIN THE SCROTUM, WHICH AIDS IN PROTECTION AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL.
• THE TESTES FUNCTION AS BOTH ENDOCRINE AND EXOCRINE GLANDS.
• SPERMATOGENESIS OCCURS WITHIN THE SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES THAT ARE FOUND THROUGHOUT EACH TESTICLE.
• THESE TINY TUBULES CONVERGE INTO A STRUCTURE CALLED
THE RETE TESTIS, WHICH IS LOCATED WITHIN THE
MEDIASTINUM TESTIS.
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