Difference between revisions of "Chinchilla Reproduction - Anatomy & Physiology"
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* Large fat body extends cranially into the abdominal cavity from the cranial pole of each testis. | * Large fat body extends cranially into the abdominal cavity from the cranial pole of each testis. | ||
* '''Vesicular glands''' are very long and tubular. | * '''Vesicular glands''' are very long and tubular. | ||
| + | * '''Prostate gland''' has paired large ventral lobes and paired small dorsal lobes. | ||
| + | * '''Bulbourethral glands''' are dorsolateral to '''ischiocavernosus muscles'''. | ||
| + | ** Isciocavernosus muscles are enormous, swelling on either side of the rectum and meeting over its top. | ||
| + | * Penis points caudally when relaxed and cranially when erect. | ||
| + | ** 5cm in length | ||
| + | ** Sigmoid flexure | ||
| + | ** Os penis in the distal portion. | ||
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== Female == | == Female == | ||
Revision as of 13:04, 15 July 2008
Male
- Thin-walled scrotal diverticula extend cranially on either side of the base of the penis.
- Only a very slight scrotal region is visible externally.
- Each diverticulum is occupied by the tail of the epididymis.
- Testes and head of the epididymis is in the region of the inguinal ring.
- Large fat body extends cranially into the abdominal cavity from the cranial pole of each testis.
- Vesicular glands are very long and tubular.
- Prostate gland has paired large ventral lobes and paired small dorsal lobes.
- Bulbourethral glands are dorsolateral to ischiocavernosus muscles.
- Isciocavernosus muscles are enormous, swelling on either side of the rectum and meeting over its top.
- Penis points caudally when relaxed and cranially when erect.
- 5cm in length
- Sigmoid flexure
- Os penis in the distal portion.