| Descriptor English: | Testis | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Testículo
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Testículo | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Testicule | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Testes Testicle Testicles |
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| Tree number(s): |
A05.360.444.849 A05.360.576.782 A06.300.312.782 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013737 | ||||||
| Scope note: | 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. |
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| Annotation: | 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 |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
AB abnormalities AH anatomy & histology BS blood supply CH chemistry CY cytology DE drug effects DG diagnostic imaging EM embryology EN enzymology GD growth & development IM immunology IN injuries IR innervation ME metabolism MI microbiology PA pathology PH physiology PP physiopathology PS parasitology RE radiation effects SU surgery TR transplantation UL ultrastructure VI virology |
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| Consider Also: | consider also terms at ORCHI- |
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| Related: |
Orchiectomy
MeSH | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 14116 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D013737 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1966/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2018/06/30 |
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Testis
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| Concept UI |
M0021193 |
| Scope note | 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. |
| Preferred term | Testis |
| Entry term(s) |
Testes Testicle Testicles |
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