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Identification
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| Official Latin term |
testis (par) ♂
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| Official subsidiary term |
testis (pair) ♂
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| Unit identifier | TAH:U3273 |
| Unit type | pair |
| Materiality | material |
Navigation
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Taxonomic definition
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| Encyclopedic definition | either of the paired egg-shaped glands normally situated in the scrotum. Each testis is surrounded by an outer mesothelial layer (tunica vaginalis) and an inner white capsule (tunica albuginea), and is composed of compartments (lobuli testis) containing the seminiferous tubules, in which the spermatozoa are produced. Specialized interstitial cells (Leydig's cells) secrete testosterone. |
| THIS | testis ♂ |
| Genus | THIS isa lobular organ |
| Defining property 1 | THIS isSourceof spermatic substance ♂ |
| Defining property 2 | THIS isTractSegmentof ( spermatic tract ♂, initial ) |
| Defining property 3 | THIS isSourceof testosterone |
| Autogenerated definition | A testis ♂ is a lobular organ [organum lobulare] which produces spermatic substance ♂ [substantia spermatica ♂] and is initial segment of spermatic tract ♂ [tractus spermaticus ♂] and produces testosterone [substantia testosteron] |
Partonomy
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| TAH:E10200 |
corpus humanum top
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| TAH:U16331 | |
| TAH:U3143 | |
| TAH:U3272 | |
| TAH:U3273 |
testis (par) ♂ UOX
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| TAH:U3274 | |
| TAH:U3275 | |
| TAH:U3276 | |
| TAH:U3277 | |
| TAH:U3278 | |
| TAH:U3279 | |
| TAH:U3290 | |
| TAH:U3292 | |
| TAH:U3296 | |
| TAH:U3297 | |
| TAH:U16412 |
| TAH:U3280 |
| TAH:U3281 | |
| TAH:U3282 | |
| TAH:U3283 | |
| TAH:U3284 | |
| TAH:U3285 | |
| TAH:U3286 | |
| TAH:U3287 |
| TAH:U3288 | |
| TAH:U3289 |
| Total |
21 children
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Taxonomy
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| FMA:62955 | |
| FMA:61775 | |
| FMA:67165 | |
| FMA:305751 | |
| FMA:67135 | |
| FMA:67498 | |
| FMA:55670 | |
| FMA:55661 | |
| FMA:55662 | |
| FMA:7210 |
testis ♂
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| Date: 31.10.2025 |