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=== Testes === | === Testes === | ||
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| + | * Located cranial to the kidneys. | ||
| + | * Attached to the dorsal wall by a mesochorium. | ||
| + | * In some species, the kidney has a posterior sexual segment that becomes swollen during the breeding season and contributes to seminal fluid. | ||
| + | * Right testis lies cranial to the left. | ||
| + | ** Intimately connected to the vena cava by short blood vessels. | ||
| + | * Left testis lies close to the adrenal gland. | ||
| + | ** Has its own testicular blood vessels. | ||
=== Phallus === | === Phallus === | ||
Revision as of 08:00, 25 July 2008
Lizards (Squamata)
Male
Testes
- Located cranial to the kidneys.
- Attached to the dorsal wall by a mesochorium.
- In some species, the kidney has a posterior sexual segment that becomes swollen during the breeding season and contributes to seminal fluid.
- Right testis lies cranial to the left.
- Intimately connected to the vena cava by short blood vessels.
- Left testis lies close to the adrenal gland.
- Has its own testicular blood vessels.