alleryThe testes are held outside the abdominal cavity in a pouch called the:
AScrotum
BSternum
CSeptum
DSerosa
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Scrotum
1. The testes do not sit inside the body cavity.
2. They hang in a pouch of skin below it.
3. That pouch is the scrotum.
_Source: syllabus Biology, Chapter 3, Human Reproduction._
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