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Atlas of Human Embryos Chapter   Figure

L-1 spinal ganglion, adductor muscles, aortic bifurcation, broad fold, common iliac artery, corpus cavernosum, erector spinae muscle group, femoral artery, femoral nerve, femoral vein, ganglion cells, gracilis muscle, gubernacular fold, inferior mesenteric artery, inferior vena cava, kidney, latissimus dorsi muscle, lumbar artery and vein, median sacral artery, mesonephric duct (ductus deferens), mesonephros (paradidymis), phallus (penis), psoas major muscle, psoas tendon, pubic symphysis, pubic tubercle, quadratus lumborum muscle, quadriceps femoris muscle, regressing female duct, sciatic nerve, scrotal swelling, sympathetic trunk, testis, transversospinalis muscle group, umbilical artery, ureter, urinary bladder muscularis

A section through the phallus, caudal part of the testis and kidney and the L-1 spinal ganglion.

Observe:
1. The corpus cavernosum in the phallus lateral to which is the scrotal swelling at the level of the pubic symphysis.
2. The mesonephric duct and regressing female duct in the broad fold.
3. The gubernacular fold coursing from the caudal pole of the testis.
4. The caudal part of the mesonephros that gives rise to the paradidymis.
5. The ganglion cells ventral to the aortic bifurcation.


Keywords: L-1 spinal ganglion, adductor muscles, aortic bifurcation, broad fold, common iliac artery, corpus cavernosum, erector spinae muscle group, femoral artery, femoral nerve, femoral vein, ganglion cells, gracilis muscle, gubernacular fold, inferior mesenteric artery, inferior vena cava, kidney, latissimus dorsi muscle, lumbar artery and vein, median sacral artery, mesonephric duct (ductus deferens), mesonephros (paradidymis), phallus (penis), psoas major muscle, psoas tendon, pubic symphysis, pubic tubercle, quadratus lumborum muscle, quadriceps femoris muscle, regressing female duct, sciatic nerve, scrotal swelling, sympathetic trunk, testis, transversospinalis muscle group, umbilical artery, ureter, urinary bladder muscularis

Source: Atlas of Human Embryos.