scrotums

Male reproductive sacs

Scrotums is the plural of scrotum, the external pouch of skin containing the testicles in most male mammals.

The looser plural *scrota* exists but sounds clinical or pretentious outside medical contexts: The anatomy textbook discussed scrota in various species.

He got kicked in the scrotum is more natural than either plural form.

anatomy

testicles

Male reproductive glands

  • testesMale reproductive glands
  • sacBodily pouch structure
  • pouchSmall flexible bag

skin · genitals · gonads · raphe · tunica · perineum · groin · epididymis · vas deferens · inguinal

medical

hernia

Organ breaching muscle wall

examination · ultrasound · biopsy · cancer · lump · pain · inflammation · surgery · urology · retractile

thermoregulation

temperature

Measured heat intensity

cold · sweating · cooling · heat · sperm · fertility · regulation · elevation · descent · muscles

Opposites
anatomical sex counterpart

scrotumslabia

Vulvar skin folds

vulvas · vaginas · ovaries · uteruses · fallopian tubes

internal vs. external anatomy

scrotumsinternal organs

Bodily structures within torsos

ovaries · abdominal cavity · viscera · body cavity · testes

Family

scrotum

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