1374 THE URINOGENITAL ORGANS 



from the serous, muscular, and fibrous layers of the abdominal parietes as well 

 as by the scrotum proper. 



The coverings of the testis are the following: 



Skin ) c 



\ Scrotum. 

 Dartos j 



Intercolumnar or External spermatic fascia. 

 Cremasteric fascia. 



Infundibulum or Internal spermatic fascia. 

 Tunica vaginalis. 



RIGHT INGUINAL CANAL 



(OPENED) 



CBEMASTERIC MUSCLE 

 AND FASCIA 

 INTERCOLUMNAR 

 FASCIA 



PERSISTENT SEROUS 

 CAVITY AROUND 



TUNICA VAQINALIS- 



INFUNDIBULIFORM 



FASCIA 

 SESSILE 

 HYOATID 



RIGHT HALF OF SCROTUM SKIN 



LEFT' HALF OF SCROTUM 



FIG. 1123. The scrotum. On the left side the cavity of the tunica vaginalis has been opened; on the 

 right side only the layers superficial to the Cremaster have been removed. (Testut.) 



The scrotum 1 (Figs. 1123 and 1124) is a cutaneous pouch which contains 

 the testes and part of the spermatic cords. It is divided on its surface into two 

 lateral portions by a median line or raphe (raphe scroll), which is continued 

 forward to the under surface of the penis and backward along the middle line 

 of the perineum to the anus. Of these two lateral portions, the left is usually 

 longer than the right, to correspond with the usual greater length of the left sper- 

 matic cord. Its external aspect varies under different circumstances; thus, under 

 the influence of warmth and in old and debilitated persons it becomes elongated 

 and flaccid but under the influence of cold or sexual excitement and in the 



1 Originally scortum, a bag of leather or skin; through a blunder two of the letters in the word have become 

 transposed. 



