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Definition of Dartos

Dartos
Dartos Dar"tos, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? flayed.] (Anat.) A thin layer of peculiar contractile tissue directly beneath the skin of the scrotum.

Meaning of Dartos from wikipedia

- The dartos fascia, dartos tunic or simply dartos is a layer of connective tissue found in the penile shaft, **** and ****. The penile portion is...
- the dartos muscle causes the **** to become more wrinkled and smaller as it is retracted closer to the body. In warmer conditions, the dartos allows...
- can result in a cicatrix of the distal **** and its entrapment. Dysgenic dartos is a condition characterized by a lack of dorsal support together with the...
- detail in the following articles: Appendix of epididymidis Cremaster muscle Dartos fascia Efferent ductules Epididymis Leydig cell Lobules of testis Paradidymis...
- glands. Below the skin of the labia majora, there is a tissue called the dartos muliebris, which gives them a wrinkled appearance. The labia majora constitute...
- taken from the ****, which contains the same smooth muscle (known as dartos fascia) as does the skin of the ****. One method involves a four-stage...
- of outer skin, mucosal epithelium, lamina propia, dartos fascia and dermis. The superficial dartos fascia, formerly called the peripenic muscle, is one...
- to the body, while the dartos fascia gives it a wrinkled appearance; when the temperature increases, the cremaster and dartos fascia relax to bring down...
- the surface of the ****tic cord and testis. It is separated from the dartos tunic by loose areolar tissue. It is occasionally referred to as 'Le Fascia...
- to the superficial drainage system. It is located within the superficial dartos fascia, a continuation of the Colles' fascia, on the dorsal surface of the...