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Avian Male Reproductive Tract - Anatomy & Physiology (view source)
Revision as of 13:37, 4 July 2008
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== Testes ==
== Testes ==
* Bean-shaped, paired
* Lie near the cranial pole of the kidney
* Medially, they lie close to the aorta and caudal vena cava.
* Each testical suspended by a short '''mesochorium''' and surrounded medially by the abdominal air sac.
* Left tends to be larger than right in immature birds.
== Phallus ==
== Phallus ==