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MeSH Heading: Testis
Tree Number(s): A05.360.444.849; A05.360.576.782; A06.300.312.782
Unique ID: D013737
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013737
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
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.
Entry Term(s): Testes; Testicles
See Also: Orchiectomy
Consider Also: consider also terms at ORCHI-
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Testis MeSH Descriptor Data 2025