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
Note générale sur le champ d'application :
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