🔬 Medical science
The testes produce sperm and testosterone. Conditions include testicular cancer (most common in young men and highly curable), torsion (a surgical emergency), infection (orchitis/epididymitis) and varicocele.
Diagnosis uses examination, ultrasound and tumor markers; testicular cancer is treated with surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, with very high cure rates.
🧩 The GNM model
Claimed conflict: GNM links the testes to a "loss conflict" (loss of a loved one) or an "ugly genital" conflict.
Germ layer & brain relay (GNM model): GNM classes the testicular interstitial tissue as new mesoderm controlled from the cerebral medulla.
Two-phase course (claimed): GNM claims testicular tissue undergoes necrosis during the conflict-active phase and recovers, sometimes forming cysts, during the healing phase.