General Anatomy · Reproductive System · Easy

Testis

Meaning: One of the two male reproductive glands in the scrotum that produce sperm and the main male sex hormone.

In practice: Sudden severe pain in one testis in a teenager must be treated as torsion until proven otherwise.

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