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Descriptor English:   Testis 
Descriptor Spanish:   Testículo 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Testículo 
Synonyms English:   Testes
Testicle
Testicles  
Tree Number:   A05.360.444.849
A05.360.576.782
A06.300.312.782
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:  
AB abnormalities AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply CH chemistry
CY cytology DG diagnostic imaging
DE drug effects EM embryology
EN enzymology GD growth & development
IM immunology IN injuries
IR innervation ME metabolism
MI microbiology PS parasitology
PA pathology PH physiology
PP physiopathology RE radiation effects
SU surgery TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure VI virology
Record Number:   14116 
Unique Identifier:   D013737 

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