What is the importance of the pampiniform plexus in the scrotum?

A) to innervate the testis
B) to support the testis
C) to ease the raising and lowering of the testis without pinching of the blood vessels
D) to assist in cooling the blood to permit spermatogenesis to occur at a temperature cooler
than in the abdominal cavity
E) None of the answers are correct.


D) to assist in cooling the blood to permit spermatogenesis to occur at a temperature cooler
than in the abdominal cavity

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