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testes

 or testicles

Male reproductive organs (see reproductive system). Humans have two oval-shaped testes 1.5–2 in. (4–5 cm) long that produce sperm and androgens (mainly testosterone), contained in a sac (scrotum) behind the penis. Each testis is divided into 200–400 lobes containing three to 10 very thin coiled tubes (seminiferous tubules) each, which produce the sperm and contract to expel them through a complex network of canals to another structure in the scrotum, the epididymis, for temporary storage. The cells in the testes are undeveloped in early childhood; at puberty they are stimulated by hormones to develop into fertile sperm cells.



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In between, there is so much over-the-top savagery -- rapes, severed heads, beating hearts yanked from chest cavities, testicles served as a snack (that last item is Gibson's idea of comic relief) -- that, at some point or other, you either bury your head in your hands or you start to laugh.
Working with lab mice, the researchers froze epididymides, testicles, and entire animals for periods of 1 week to a year.
Berlusconi called opposition voters 'coglioni' or testicles.
 
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