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[[Image:Gray1148.png|thumb|right|250px|Drawing showing the appendix of testis. (WC/Gray's Anatomy)]]
'''Appendix of the testis''' is a benign structure of the [[testis]] that is a remnant of the Muellerian duct.<ref name=pmid8886956>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Sahni | first1 = D. | last2 = Jit | first2 = I. | last3 = Joshi | first3 = K. | last4 = Sanjeev | first4 = . | title = Incidence and structure of the appendices of the testis and epididymis. | journal = J Anat | volume = 189 ( Pt 2) | issue =  | pages = 341-8 | month = Oct | year = 1996 | doi =  | PMID = 8886956 }}</ref>
'''Appendix of the testis''' is a benign structure of the [[testis]] that is a remnant of the Muellerian duct.<ref name=pmid8886956>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Sahni | first1 = D. | last2 = Jit | first2 = I. | last3 = Joshi | first3 = K. | last4 = Sanjeev | first4 = . | title = Incidence and structure of the appendices of the testis and epididymis. | journal = J Anat | volume = 189 ( Pt 2) | issue =  | pages = 341-8 | month = Oct | year = 1996 | doi =  | PMID = 8886956 }}</ref>



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Drawing showing the appendix of testis. (WC/Gray's Anatomy)

Appendix of the testis is a benign structure of the testis that is a remnant of the Muellerian duct.[1]

It should not be confused with the appendix of the epididymis.

Microscopic

Features:

  • Non-ciliated epithelium.

See also

References

  1. Sahni, D.; Jit, I.; Joshi, K.; Sanjeev, . (Oct 1996). "Incidence and structure of the appendices of the testis and epididymis.". J Anat 189 ( Pt 2): 341-8. PMID 8886956.