SPERMATIC CORD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spermatic cord mean? 

• SPERMATIC CORD (noun)
  The noun SPERMATIC CORD has 1 sense:

1. a structure resembling a cord that suspends the testis within the scrotum and contains the vas deferens and other vessels and nerves

  Familiarity information: SPERMATIC CORD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPERMATIC CORD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A structure resembling a cord that suspends the testis within the scrotum and contains the vas deferens and other vessels and nerves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("spermatic cord" is a kind of...):

funiculus (any of several body structure resembling a cord)

Holonyms ("spermatic cord" is a part of...):

ball; ballock; bollock; egg; nut; orchis; testicle; testis (one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens)

 Context examples 

In males it conveys the spermatic cord structures and is the passage through which the testes descend into the scrotum; in females it conveys the round ligament.

(Inguinal Canal, NCI Thesaurus)

An opening in the aponeurosis of the external oblique muscle of the abdominal wall through which the spermatic cord (males), round ligament (females), ilioinguinal nerve, and genitofemoral nerve's genital branch pass.

(External Abdominal Ring, NCI Thesaurus)

An opening in the transversalis fascia midway between the anterior superior iliac spine and pubic tubercle through which the spermatic cord (males) or round ligament (females) pass.

(Internal Abdominal Ring, NCI Thesaurus)