gubernaculum /gu·ber·nac·u·lum/ (goo″ber-nak´u-lum) pl. guberna´cula [L.] a guiding structure.gubernac´ular
gubernaculum,
gubernaculum tes´tis the fetal ligament attached at one end to the lower end of the epididymis and testis and at its other end to the bottom of the scrotum; it is present during the descent of the testis into the scrotum and then atrophies.
gu·ber·nac·u·lum (g  b r-n k y-lm)n. pl. gu·ber·nac·u·la (-l ) A fibrous cord connecting two structures. |
gubernaculum,
a fetal ligament that passes through the anterior abdominal wall and connects the inferior pole of each gonad with primordia of the scrotum in men and the labia majora in women.
gubernaculum
the embryonic structure that tows and guides the descending testis to its scrotal site.
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