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Descriptor English:   Testis 
Descriptor Spanish:   Testículo 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Testículo 
Synonyms English:   Testicles  
Tree Number:   A05.360.444.849
A05.360.576.782
A06.407.312.782
Definition English:   The male gonad containing two functional parts: the SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES for the production and transport of male germ cells (SPERMATOGENESIS) and the interstitial compartment containing LEYDIG CELLS that produce ANDROGENS. 
Indexing Annotation English:   torsion = SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; inflammation = ORCHITIS; /abnorm: agenesis or dysgenesis: coord TESTIS /abnorm (IM) with GONADAL DYSGENESIS (IM); /cytol: consider also LEYDIG CELLS; /surg is probably ORCHIECTOMY; excision = ORCHIECTOMY
Consider also terms at English:   ORCHI- 
See Related English:   Orchiectomy
 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
abnormalities anatomy & histology
blood supply chemistry
cytology drug effects
embryology enzymology
growth & development immunology
injuries innervation
metabolism microbiology
pathology physiology
physiopathology parasitology
radiography radiation effects
radionuclide imaging secretion
surgery transplantation
ultrastructure ultrasonography
virology  
Record Number:   14116 
Unique Identifier:   D013737 

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