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reflex
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It is responsible for the cremasteric reflex - the involuntary drawing up of testicles when it is cold, when a man is frightened or when the scrotum is touched.
Your Problems: Miriam Stoppard's advice column by The Mirror (London, England)
In the skin of the scrotum there's the cremaster (which literally means suspender) muscle, responsible for the cremasteric reflex - which is the involuntary drawing up of the testicles high into the groin when it's cold, when you're frightened or when they're touched.
Daughter's split breaks my heart by Stoppard, Miriam / The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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