Sunday, September 26, 2010

septal raphe (SR).

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The scrotum is divided into two separate compartments by the septal raphe (SR). Compartmentalization prevents infections on one side from passing to the opposite testicle. In most cases pathology such as a hydrocele will only affect one side of the testes because of this anatomical separation.

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