Complete descent of a testis occurs in two distinct stages. Both involve a ligament attached to the base of the testis, the gubernaculum (from the same Ancient Greek stem that gave us “governor”). In ...

Afrotherians, such as elephants, are the only group of mammals that do not show testicular descent, but rather have testes positioned deep inside the abdomen. Credit: Pixabay Afrotherians, such as ...

The results suggested that early prolonged hormonal therapy is advisable in all patients with cryptorchidism to increase the speed of testicular descent to the scrotum achieved by surgery, and thereby ...

Testis descent and temperature Descent of testes is surely connected with the fact that all mammals are “warm-blooded”, typically having high core body temperatures around 37 o C (98.6 o F). Going ...