Editing Spermatic cord (section)

==Structure==
The spermatic cord is ensheathed in three layers of tissue:
* ''[[external spermatic fascia]]'', an extension of the [[innominate fascia]] that overlies the [[aponeurosis]] of the [[external oblique muscle]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Liu|first=Longfei|url=https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-815008-5.00001-7|title=Scrotoscopic Surgery|publisher=[[Academic Press]]|year=2019|isbn=978-0-12-815008-5|pages=1–8|chapter=Chapter 1 - Applied Anatomy of the Scrotum and its Contents|doi=10.1016/B978-0-12-815008-5.00001-7|s2cid=81721236 }}</ref>
* ''[[cremasteric muscle]] and fascia'', formed from a continuation of the [[internal oblique muscle]] and its fascia.<ref name=":0" />
* ''[[internal spermatic fascia]]'', continuous with the [[transversalis fascia]].<ref name=":0" />

The normal diameter of the spermatic cord is about 16 mm (range 11 to 22 mm).<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Firoozabadi R, Stafford P, Routt M |title=Risk of Spermatic Cord Injury During Anterior Pelvic Ring and Acetabular Surgery: An Anatomical Study |journal=Arch Bone Jt Surg |volume=3 |issue=4 |pages=269–73 |year=2015 |pmid=26550592 |pmc=4628634 }}</ref> It is located behind the [[tunica vaginalis]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last1=Yin|first1=Zhuo|chapter-url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128150085000042|title=Scrotoscopic Surgery|last2=Meng|first2=Xianxi|publisher=[[Academic Press]]|year=2019|isbn=978-0-12-815008-5|pages=23–53|chapter=Chapter 4 - General Techniques of Scrotoscopic Surgery|doi=10.1016/B978-0-12-815008-5.00004-2|s2cid=81292862 }}</ref>

===Contents===

==== Blood vessels ====
* [[Testicular artery]]<ref name=":0" />
*[[Artery to the ductus deferens]]<ref name=":0" />
*[[Cremasteric artery]]<ref name=":0" />

==== Nerves ====
* Nerve to cremaster ([[Genital branch of genitofemoral nerve|genital branch]] of the [[genitofemoral nerve]]).
*Testicular nerves ([[Sympathetic nervous system|sympathetic]] nerves).  
The [[ilioinguinal nerve]] is not actually located inside the spermatic cord, but runs outside it in the [[inguinal canal]].

==== Other contents ====
* [[Vas deferens]]<ref name=":0" />
* [[Pampiniform plexus]]<ref name=":0" />
* [[Lymphatic vessels]]<ref name=":0" />
The [[tunica vaginalis]] is located in front of the spermatic cord, outside it.<ref name=":1" />