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to admit a small pin. It passes upwards from the end of the
epididymis, in a zig-zag manner, by the side of the pubes,
where it is no longer convoluted, but proceeds straight into
the cavity of the pelvis to the vesicular seminales.
Coverings. The testicle has a strong, white, dense tunic,
intimately connected to it; this is called the tunica albvginca
testis. It completely encompasses the body of the testicle,
and is extended over the epididymis.
The next tunic of the testicle is called tunica vaginalis.
Anatonisls consider it as a production of the peritoneum ; but
this opinion does not appear to be well founded. It is a de-
licate- membranous bag, connected externally, by cellular
structure, to the dartos ; and the testicle, with its tunica
propria, or albuginea, adheres firmly to its outside, pushing
itself, as it were, into it, in the same way as the heart into
the pericardium, the lungs into the pleura, &c.; so that,
when the tunica vaginalis is opened, the testicle is seen with-
in it.
The dartos has already been described in Myology.
These coverings of the testicle are surrounded by a very
elastic cellular membrane and common integuments, to which
the name of scrotum is given.
Arteries. The spermatic arteries, formerly termed rasa
prceparantia, arise on each side from the aorta, near the emul-
gerite, and sometimes from the emulgent, especially on the
right side. The reason of the origin of these arteries being
so remote from the testicles, will appear from considering the
situation of those organs originally. When the spermatic
artery reaches the abdominal ring, it is surrounded by the
vas deferens, the spermatic veins, and a quantity of cellular
membrane; all these together are called the spermatic co;'</,
which passes through the ring.
to admit a small pin. It passes upwards from the end of the
epididymis, in a zig-zag manner, by the side of the pubes,
where it is no longer convoluted, but proceeds straight into
the cavity of the pelvis to the vesicular seminales.
Coverings. The testicle has a strong, white, dense tunic,
intimately connected to it; this is called the tunica albvginca
testis. It completely encompasses the body of the testicle,
and is extended over the epididymis.
The next tunic of the testicle is called tunica vaginalis.
Anatonisls consider it as a production of the peritoneum ; but
this opinion does not appear to be well founded. It is a de-
licate- membranous bag, connected externally, by cellular
structure, to the dartos ; and the testicle, with its tunica
propria, or albuginea, adheres firmly to its outside, pushing
itself, as it were, into it, in the same way as the heart into
the pericardium, the lungs into the pleura, &c.; so that,
when the tunica vaginalis is opened, the testicle is seen with-
in it.
The dartos has already been described in Myology.
These coverings of the testicle are surrounded by a very
elastic cellular membrane and common integuments, to which
the name of scrotum is given.
Arteries. The spermatic arteries, formerly termed rasa
prceparantia, arise on each side from the aorta, near the emul-
gerite, and sometimes from the emulgent, especially on the
right side. The reason of the origin of these arteries being
so remote from the testicles, will appear from considering the
situation of those organs originally. When the spermatic
artery reaches the abdominal ring, it is surrounded by the
vas deferens, the spermatic veins, and a quantity of cellular
membrane; all these together are called the spermatic co;'</,
which passes through the ring.