Those of the oblique are such as the chord possesses—a prolongation of the transverse fascia, a covering from the cremaster muscle, fibres from the edge of the external ring, and the superficial fascia of the abdomen.
When we remove the internal oblique and cremaster muscles, we expose the transverse muscle, which may be regarded as the fifth inguinal layer, F, Pl.
The cremaster muscle manifests itself as being a part of the internal oblique, viewing this in its totality.
In the foetus, prior to the descent of the testicle, the cremaster muscle does not exist.
The name cremaster therefore must not cancel the fact that the fibres so named are parts of the muscles, E F.
The muscular parietes of the male inguinal region, from which the loose cremaster muscle has been derived, have by this circumstance become weakened, and hence the more frequent occurrence of external inguinal hernia in the male.
When once we consent to regard the cremaster as constituted of the fibres originally proper to the muscles, E F, we then are led to the discovery of the true relations of the cord in respect to these muscles.
The conjoined tendon, internal inguinal ring, andcremaster muscle, considered in reference to the descent of the testicle and of the hernia.
The cremaster is small and furnished with a globular tip, the face of which is on the same plane as the ventral surface of the body, causing the chrysalis to hang somewhat obliquely from the surface which supports it.
The chrysalis is relatively short and thick, rounded, with very few projections, tapers very rapidly over the posterior part of the abdomen, and is suspended by a long cremaster from a button of silk (see Fig.
The chrysalis is somewhat curved in outline, with a strongly hooked cremaster and a prominent projection on the back of the thoracic region.
The cremaster serves to anchor the pupa to its cocoon at the correct degree of emergence, and thus facilitates the eclosion of the imago.
Papilio--is suspended from the cremaster only, no girdling thread being present, or it lies simply on the ground.
The cremaster reflex was extremely marked and would appear upon even slight excitation of any part of the lower extremity, even at times when the patient declared he felt nothing.
The abdominal and cremaster reflexes were absent in this attack, and the pupils were rigid and myotic.
The abdominal reflex on the left side was greater than that on the right; and this was also true of the cremaster reflex.
In the numerous cases where the pupa is enclosed in a cocoon, the cremaster serves to fix the pupa to the surrounding silk.
The means by which the suspended pupa of a nymphalid butterfly attaches its cremaster to the silken pad which the larva has spun in preparation for pupation, is worthy of brief attention.
The cremaster is a characteristic structure in the pupa of a moth or butterfly.
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