The Male Reproductive Tract
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Did you try to identify the structures before starting to read this?
A. testis; B. head (B1), body (B2) and tail (B3) of the epididymis; C. proper ligament of the testis; The ligament of the tail of the epididymis attaches the tail of the epididymis to the scrotal wall; D. ductus deferens; E. pampiniform plexus of the testicular artery and vein; F. spermatic cord. The mesothelium that surrounds the testes and the epididymis is the visceral vaginal tunic. The testis is suspended from the parietal vaginal tunic, which lines the scrotum, by the mesorchium (G). The testicular vessels are also suspended by the mesorchium. The ductus deferens is suspended by the mesoductus deferens. Along the spermatic cord, after the mesoductus deferens attaches to the mesorchium, the portion of the mesorchium, which suspends the elements of the spermatic cord is the mesofuniculus. See if you can find these structures on the lab specimens.