Thermoregulation of the human testis.
Intrascrotal temperature was compared with oral body temperature in six subjects with fever. When the body temperature reached 37.6 to 37.9 degrees C, the testicular thermoregulatory mechanism appeared to fail and the intrascrotal temperature rose.
D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D005334:Fever / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012611:Scrotum / Q000503:physiopathology; D013091:Spermatogenesis; D013737:Testis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013817:Thermography