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cremaster
cremaster (krɪˈmæstə) nthe muscle which raises and lowers the testiclesthe hook-like protuberance at the end of a chrysalis from which it hangsTranslationscremaster
crem·as·ter·ic fas·ci·a [TA] intermediate coverings of the spermatic cord, formed of delicate connective tissue and of muscular fibers derived from the internal oblique muscle (cremaster muscle). See also: aponeurosis of internal oblique muscle. Synonym(s): fascia cremasterica [TA], Cooper fascia, Scarpa sheathcre·mas·ter mus·cle (krē-mas'tĕr mŭs'ĕl) [TA] Origin, from internal oblique muscle and inguinal ligament; insertion, cremasteric fascia (spermatic cord); action, raises testicle; nerve supply, genital branch of genitofemoral; in the male the muscle envelops the spermatic cord and testis; in the female, the round ligament of the uterus. Synonym(s): musculus cremaster [TA] . [G. kremastēr, a suspender, in pl. the muscles by which the testicles are retracted, fr. kremannymi, to hang]cremaster A thin layer of muscle looping over the SPERMATIC CORD and continuous with the internal oblique muscle of the abdominal wall. Its action is to draw up the testicle. |