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| − | == Male ==
| + | * [[Chinchilla -Male- Anatomy & Physiology|Male]] |
| − | | + | * [[Chinchilla -Female- Anatomy & Physiology|Female]] |
| − | * Thin-walled scrotal diverticula extend cranially on either side of the base of the penis.
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| − | ** Only a very slight scrotal region is visible externally.
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| − | * Each diverticulum is occupied by the tail of the epididymis.
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| − | * Testes and head of the '''epididymis''' is in the region of the '''inguinal ring'''.
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| − | * Large fat body extends cranially into the abdominal cavity from the cranial pole of each testis.
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| − | * '''Vesicular glands''' are very long and tubular.
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| − | * '''Prostate gland''' has paired large ventral lobes and paired small dorsal lobes.
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| − | * '''Bulbourethral glands''' are dorsolateral to '''ischiocavernosus muscles'''.
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| − | ** Isciocavernosus muscles are enormous, swelling on either side of the rectum and meeting over its top.
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| − | * Penis points caudally when relaxed and cranially when erect.
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| − | ** 5cm in length
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| − | ** Sigmoid flexure
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| − | ** Os penis in the distal portion. | |
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| − | == Female ==
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