Page 8 - SONO 260 Chapter 13 The Male Pelvis

VASCULAR ANATOMY OF THE MALE PELVIS
•THE SPERMATIC CORD ENTERS THE SCROTUM THROUGH THE INGUINAL CANAL AND CONTAINS ESSENTIAL STRUCTURES, INCLUDING THE VASCULAR SUPPLY AND VENOUS DRAINAGE FOR THE TESTICLES.
• THE TESTICLES RECEIVE THEIR BLOOD SUPPLY BY MEANS OF THE TESTICULAR ARTERIES.
• VENOUS DRAINAGE IS PERFORMED THROUGH THE PAMPINFORM PLEXUS, WHICH EMPTIES INTO THE TESTICULAR VEINS.
• THE RIGHT TESTICULAR VEIN DRAINS INTO THE IVC AND THE LEFT TESTICULAR VEIN DRAINS INTO THE LEFT RENAL VEIN.
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