What is Rete testis?
{{Infobox Anatomy | Name = Rete testis | Latin = | Image = Hodenschema.svg | Caption = Schematic drawing of [[testicle]] and [[epididymis]] | Image2 = Illu_testis_schematic.jpg | Caption2 = 1: [[Testicular septa]]<BR>2: [[Convoluted seminiferous tubules]]<BR>3: [[Testicular lobules]]<BR>4: [[Straight seminiferous tubules]]<BR>5: [[Efferent ductules]]<BR>6: Rete testis | Precursor = [[Wolffian duct]] | System = | }} '''Rete testis''' is a network of small [[tubule]]s found in the part of the [[testicle]] that carries [[spermatozoon|sperm]]. They can sometimes get [[cyst]]s. == Purpose == The rete testis have concentrated sperm and fluid in them, and they help the [[epididymis]] to absorb this fluid. If the fluid is not absorbed, the person can be [[infertility|infertile]]. == Gallery== <gallery> Image:Gray1149.png|The tubes in the [[testis]] </gallery> == Other websites == * [http://trc.ucdavis.edu/mjguinan/apc100/modules/Reproductive/mammal/testis0/testis3.html Image at UC Davis] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060409162457/http://trc.ucdavis.edu/mjguinan/apc100/modules/Reproductive/mammal/testis0/testis3.html |date=2006-04-09 }} * [http://www.kinderchirurgie.ch/fallderwoche/fdw3_02/rete_testis.jpg Diagram] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040732/http://www.kinderchirurgie.ch/fallderwoche/fdw3_02/rete_testis.jpg |date=2016-03-04 }} * [http://www.mccc.edu/~falkow/A&P%20web/Shawn's%20104%20HO/reprod3.jpg Diagram] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070420214620/http://www.mccc.edu/~falkow/A%26P%20web/Shawn%27s%20104%20HO/reprod3.jpg |date=2007-04-20 }} {{reproductive system}} {{Biology-stub}} [[category:Anatomy of the male reproductive system]]