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What is the primary function of the cremaster muscle in a warm environment?
What is the primary function of the cremaster muscle in a warm environment?
- Maintenance of the testis in the scrotum
- Contraction of the scrotal skin
- Rapid elevation of the testis
- Relaxation of the testis (correct)
Which nerve is responsible for the contraction of the cremaster muscle?
Which nerve is responsible for the contraction of the cremaster muscle?
- Genital branch of the genitofemoral nerve (correct)
- Ilioinguinal nerve
- Posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh
- Superficial and deep external pudendal branches of femoral artery
What is the layer of the scrotum that is replaced by the Dartos muscle?
What is the layer of the scrotum that is replaced by the Dartos muscle?
- Superficial fascia (correct)
- Deep membranous layer (Scarpa's fascia)
- Superficial fatty layer
- External spermatic fascia
Which artery supplies the cremaster muscle?
Which artery supplies the cremaster muscle?
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What is the function of the tunica vaginalis?
What is the function of the tunica vaginalis?
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What is the name of the deep membranous layer of the scrotum?
What is the name of the deep membranous layer of the scrotum?
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What is the function of the dartos muscle?
What is the function of the dartos muscle?
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What is the nerve that supplies the dartos muscle?
What is the nerve that supplies the dartos muscle?
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What is the purpose of the cremaster muscle?
What is the purpose of the cremaster muscle?
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What is absent in the fatty layer of the scrotum?
What is absent in the fatty layer of the scrotum?
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