Chapter 12, Problem 4SC

A dilatation and curettage (DC) for missed AB (missed abortion is the technical term for miscarriage) is on the OR schedule. Danny, a CST, finished setting up and went to the preoperative care unit (PCU) to help the circulating nurse bring the patient back to the OR. The young woman was tearful and said she had been told the 16-week fetus had been infected with a parasite she may have gotten from her cat. Her husband was deployed overseas and she had no one to help with cleaning the house. To which parasite was she likely exposed?

Watch this video (http://openstaxcollege.org/l/vasectomy) to learn about vasectomy. As described in this video, a vasectomy is a procedure in which a small section of the ductus (vas) deferens is removed from the scrotum. This interrupts the path taken by sperm through the ductus deferens. If sperm do not exit through the vas, either because the man has had a vasectomy or has not ejaculated, in what region of the testis do they remain?