Posterior border of testis

Margo posterior testis

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Definition

The posterior or straight border, to which the cord is attached with a fold of serous membane, looks backward and upward.

Lying upon the lateral edge of this posterior border is a long, narrow, fiattened body, named the epididymis.

References

This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).

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