Of male animals that have their testicles placed frontwards, some
have them inside, close to the belly, as the dolphin; some have them
outside, exposed to view, close to the lower extremity of the belly.
These animals resemble one another thus far in respect to this
organ; but they differ from one another in this fact, that some of
them have their testicles situated separately by themselves, while
others, which have the organ situated externally, have them
enveloped in what is termed the scrotum.
Again, in all viviparous animals furnished with feet the
following properties are observed in the testicles themselves. From
the aorta there extend vein-like ducts to the head of each of the
testicles, and another two from the kidneys; these two from the
kidneys are supplied with blood, while the two from the aorta are
devoid of it. From the head of the testicle alongside of the
testicle itself is a duct, thicker and more sinewy than the other just
alluded to-a duct that bends back again at the end of the testicle
to its head; and from the head of each of the two testicles the two
ducts extend until they coalesce in front at the penis. The duct
that bends back again and that which is in contact with the testicle
are enveloped in one and the same membrane, so that, until you draw
aside the membrane, they present all the appearance of being a
single undifferentiated duct.
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