Abstract
The testicular capsule, which forms the thin outer covering of the testis, has long been considered an inert tissue with no other function than to contain the underlying seminiferous tubular mass. In the course of carrying out in vitro metabolic studies on rat testicular tissue in our laboratory, we have continually peeled off and discarded the capsule of the testis prior to slicing the testis with a Stadie-Riggs microtome. It recently occurred to us, however, that it might be quite easy to prepare and save the capsule of the rat testis as an intact tissue provided one first removed the seminiferous tubules from the interior of the organ (1).
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Davis, J.R., Langford, G.A. (1970). Pharmacological Studies on the Testicular Capsule in Relation to Sperm Transport. In: Rosemberg, E., Paulsen, C.A. (eds) The Human Testis. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 10. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9008-8_36
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