Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa , 1953-, American politician, b. Los Angeles as Antonio Villar; he changed his name in 1987 when he married Corina Raigosa. A liberal Democrat and labor lawyer, he was elected to the California state assembly in 1994, becoming majority leader in 1996 and assembly speaker in 1998. In 2001 he was a candidate for mayor of Los Angeles but lost to James Hahn . He won a Los Angeles city council seat in 2003, and two years later he defeated Hahn to become the city's first Hispanic mayor since 1872.
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Undescended testis.(View Point)(Clinical report)
Magazine article from: Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...to locate the testes (6). Arguments...studies) *If a testis is absent on clinical...USG), such a testes is likely to be an emergent testis. In such a testis...those cases where testes is impalpable...inconclusive and testis is impalpable...
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Undescended testis in Spigelian hernia.(Case Report)
Magazine article from: Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...right spigelian hernia and right undescended testis. The hernial sac contained the testis, which is a rare presentation. The repair of...following case because the hernial sac contained testis, which is a rare presentation. Case History...
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A retained testis and spermatic cord torsion in a boxer
Magazine article from: Veterinary Medicine; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...abdominal-retained testes than inguinal-retained or scrotal testes.1,2 It has been...nonneoplastic or neoplastic testis allows for greater...of a nonneoplastic testis.2 However, testicular...occurred in neoplastic testes in which seminoma...
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Duplication of the testis with contralateral anorchism.(Case Report)
Magazine article from: Southern Medical Journal; 8/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...have duplication of the testis and absence of the contralateral testis. * The duplicated testes were equal size. * The...herniorrhaphy, another testis was found in the right inguinal canal. The two testes were of equal size. They...
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Analysis of the Drosophila melanogaster Testes Transcriptome Reveals Coordinate Regulation of Paralogous Genes
Magazine article from: Genetics; 5/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...analysis of paralogous testis-biased genes, we characterized the testes transcriptome of...upregulated) in testes along with the testis-specific paralog...downregulated in testes, suggesting that the testis- specific function...
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Focal orchitis in undescended testes: Discussion of pathogenetic mechanisms of tubular atrophy
Magazine article from: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...cell-only tubules (3 testes); (4) intratubular germ cell neoplasia (2 testes, I of which also showed...tubular hyalinization (1 testis); and (6) tubular...in 13 cases. The rete testis was hypoplastic and showed...transformation in 18 testes, and the epididymis...
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Laparoscopy and the Impalpable Testis.
Newspaper article from: Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine Reports; 4/1/1999; 700+ words
; ...13 intra-abdominal testes, with eight satisfactory...location of the impalpable testis. COMMENT BY JOHN SEASHORE...percentage of undescended testes are not palpable in...orchiopexies for undescended testes: growth of the testis, potential for function...
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Torsion of undescended testis
Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Surgery; 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...the fact that 75% of the cryptorchid testis are located there.[1] It is usually...right hemiscrotum and absence of right testis on that side. Left hemiscrotum was normal with normally placed testis. CBC revealed leucocytosis with neutrophillia...
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PALPATION OF THE TESTES IN DRAFTEES: ACCEPTANCE ON THE OCCASION OF MUSTER AND IMPLICATION FOR HEALTH PROMOTION
Magazine article from: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...of 14-20 weeks with testes complaints is common...testicular cancer limited to testis, epididymis and chord...factors (undescended testes (syn: cryptorchidism...pathologic alteration of the testes in young men is varicocele...varicoceles of the left testis appear much more frequently...
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Focal orchitis in undescended testes: discussion of pathogenetic mechanisms of tubular atrophy.
Magazine article from: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...present in the rete testis, interstitial macrophages...7) Cryptorchid testes diagnosed in adulthood...study of the removed testes and epididymides...mixed atrophy of the testis (coexistence of...sections of each testis. The antibodies...The undescended testes were located in the...
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Undescended Testes
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence
...cases of undescended testes, the testis on one side is completely...percent of cases, both testes are completely absent...In most cases, the testes will drop into place...percent of cases, one testis is completely absent...
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testes
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
testes Each testis ( synonym : testicle...their origin in the testis to the vas deferens. The testes have two major functions...life. Failure of the testes to descend is known...Inflammation of the testis is orchitis, and its...
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testis
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
testis or testicle , one of...In fetal life the testes develop in the abdomen...sac, the scrotum. A testis is composed of about...that leads out of the testis into the vas deferens...characteristics. Sometimes the testes do not descend normally...
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testis-determining factor
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology
testis-determining factor ( TDF ; SRY protein ) A protein...default female pathway to the male pathway, by driving testis formation. The male developmental cascade is then...secretion of the male sex hormone testosterone by the testes.
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Testicular Torsion
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence
...blood flow to the testis. Description The testes are suspended in...tissue holds the testes in place. Each testis receives blood through...reproductive glands (testes) and part of the...that suspends the testis inside the scrotum...
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