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Unus testis, nullus testis (lit. ' one witness, no witness ') is a Latin legal phrase describing a rule of the law of evidence. According to this rule, the uncorroborated testimony of one witness should be discounted because it is deemed to be too unreliable to establish a fact. The English equivalent of the phrase is "one man, no man". [1]
The missing testis is the centerpiece of a secret Hitler-memorabilia collection around which episode four (“An Unsympathetic Gentleman”) of Netflix’s The Gentlemen revolves. The eighth episode of the fourth season of the 2015 television series The Man in the High Castle is titled "Hitler Has Only Got One Ball". In this episode, members of ...
Cryptorchidism, also known as undescended testis, is the failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum. The word is from Ancient Greek ...
One testicle not descending into the scrotum during normal embryonic or fetal development (3–4% of 'normal' live births), also known as undescended testis or cryptorchidism. In this case the testis is within the abdominal cavity, somewhere along the normal route of descent – most commonly, within the inguinal canal .
The upper part of the gubernaculum degenerates. The lower part persists as the gubernaculum testis ("scrotal ligament"). This ligament secures the testis to the most inferior portion of the scrotum, tethering it in place and limiting the degree to which the testis can move within the scrotum.
A homunculus (UK: / h ɒ ˈ m ʌ ŋ k j ʊ l ə s / hom-UNK-yuul-əs, US: / h oʊ ˈ-/ hohm-, Latin: [hɔˈmʊŋkʊlʊs]; "little person", pl.: homunculi UK: / h ɒ ˈ m ʌ ŋ k j ʊ l aɪ / hom-UNK-yuul-lye, US: / h oʊ ˈ-/ hohm-, Latin: [hɔˈmʊŋkʊliː]) is a small human being. [1]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 February 2025. Sac of skin that protects the testicles For the obsolete dinosaur fossil name, see Megalosaurus § "Scrotum humanum". Scrotum A human's scrotum in a relaxed state (left) and a tense state (right) Details Precursor Labioscrotal swellings System Reproductive system Artery Anterior scrotal ...
The tunica vasculosa testis (vascular layer of testis) is the inner-most of the three layers that form the capsule of the testis. It consists of a vascular plexus and loose connective tissue . It extends into the testis itself to line the surfaces of individual septa of testis .