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Why is the testis located outside the male human body and not inside.

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This is to facilitate the production of sperm ,since the testes need a temperature which is 2–3°C less than the normal body temperature in order to produce sperm. Therefore the scrotum in which the testes lie outside the abdominal cavity acts like a thermoregulator for it

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