Histomorphological Study on the Testes of Non-descript Male Goats (Capra hircus)
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Ankit Damor
Department of Veterinary Anatomy, CVAS, Udaipur
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Balwant Meshram
Department of Veterinary Anatomy, CVAS, Udaipur
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Hemant Joshi
Department of Veterinary Anatomy, CVAS, Udaipur
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Mahendra Kumar Saini
Department of Veterinary Anatomy, CVAS, Udaipur
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Sandeep Kumar
Department of Veterinary Anatomy, CVAS, Udaipur
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Sanjay Chouhan
Department of Veterinary Anatomy, CVAS, Udaipur
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Pawan Kumar
Department of Veterinary Anatomy, CVAS, Udaipur
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Poonam Saini
Department of Veterinary Anatomy, CVAS, Udaipur
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The buck’s testicles were suspended in the scrotum by the spermatic cords and positioned vertically, just in front of the inguinal area. Each testes had two surfaces, two borders, and two ends. The lateral surface was convex, while the medial surface was flat.The testis’s caudomedial border was joined to the epididymis.Testes consisted of several important structures, including the tunica albuginea, trabeculae, mediastinum testis, seminiferous tubules, and interstitial tissue.The testes were covered by the visceral layer of the tunica vaginalis and tunica albuginea, which is mainly composed of collagen fibres.The outermost layer was the tunica albuginea, which consisted of a strong layer of connective tissue and smooth muscle fibres. The basement membrane supported the seminiferous tubules.Separate rows of spermatogenic cells were positioned from the seminiferous tubule’s basement membrane towards the lumen. They were Spermatogonia, Primary spermatocytes, Secondary spermatocytes, Spermatids and Spermatozoa. Key words: Key words- Histomorphology, Testes, Epididymis, GoatAbstract
The buck’s testicles were suspended in the scrotum by the spermatic cords and positioned vertically, just in front of the inguinal area. Each testes had two surfaces, two borders, and two ends. The lateral surface was convex, while the medial surface was flat.The testis’s caudomedial border was joined to the epididymis.Testes consisted of several important structures, including the tunica albuginea, trabeculae, mediastinum testis, seminiferous tubules, and interstitial tissue.The testes were covered by the visceral layer of the tunica vaginalis and tunica albuginea, which is mainly composed of collagen fibres.The outermost layer was the tunica albuginea, which consisted of a strong layer of connective tissue and smooth muscle fibres. The basement membrane supported the seminiferous tubules.Separate rows of spermatogenic cells were positioned from the seminiferous tubule’s basement membrane towards the lumen. They were Spermatogonia, Primary spermatocytes, Secondary spermatocytes, Spermatids and Spermatozoa.
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