Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Fiegel, Henning C., MD, PhD
• Rolle, Udo, MD, PhD
• Metzger, Roman, MD, PhD
• Gfroerer, Stefan, MD
• Kluth, Dietrich, MD, PhD

Titel

Embryology of the testicular descent

Ist Teil von

• Seminars in pediatric surgery, 2011-08, Vol.20 (3), p.170-175

Ort / Verlag

United States: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Numerous researchers studied the morphology of the testicular descent, including the possible function of the gubernaculum. However, a clear illustration of this process is still missing. The aim of this paper was to illustrate the embryology of the testicular descent in the rat by scanning electron microscopy. In a first phase of the intra-abdominal testicular descent, the testis moves actively from the lower pole of the kidney towards the bladder neck. In a second inguinal phase the testis enters groin and moves in the developing processus vaginalis peritonei caused by the disappearance of the bulb of the gubernaculums testis.