spermatic cord

American  

noun

Anatomy.

1. the cord by which a testis is suspended in the scrotum, containing the vas deferens and the blood vessels and nerves of the testis.

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spermatic cord British  

noun

1. a cord in many male mammals that passes from each testis to the abdominal cavity and contains the spermatic artery and vein, vas deferens, and lymphatics

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Etymology

Origin of spermatic cord

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

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spermatic cord

From the male reproductive organs, each testicular vein flows from the scrotum, forming a portion of the spermatic cord.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

If the finger therefore be passed under the spermatic cord through this opening in the fascia, it will come in immediate contact with the artery which lies on the outside of the external iliac vein.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph

Suffering much with pain in testicle, which ran up the spermatic cord and through to the left kidney.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

Bleeding after castration.—Bleeding from the wound in the scrotum and from the little artery in the posterior portion of the spermatic cord always occurs, and in warm weather may appear to be quite free.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

Not upwards, for such an incision would endanger the spermatic cord or round ligament, besides greatly weakening the abdominal wall by the division, partial or complete, of Poupart's ligament.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph