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together with arteries and nerves from the testes, all 

 bound together with connective tissue, forms the spermatic 

 cord. The vas deferens passes upward from the testes 

 through the inguinal ring and canal, then down into the 

 pelvis and under the bladder, running forward to enter the 

 prostatic urethra. 



The scrotum is a pouch of skin and fascia suspended from 

 the perineum and containing the testicles. 



FlG. 158. Vertical section of the testicle to show the arrangement of the 

 ducts (Leroy). 



Seminal Vesicles. These are two lobulated recep- 

 tacles for the semen which they dilute with their own secre- 

 tion. They lie in contact with the base of the bladder 

 (Figs. 159 and 1 60), diverging from each other from the 

 base of the prostate to near the entrance cf the ureters. 

 They join by their anterior pointed extremities with the 



