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Question
Males in whom testes fail to descend to the scrotum are generally infertile. Why?
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Solution
If the testes fail to descend to the scrotum, gametogenesis could be inhibited, the process of spermatogenesis require a marginally lesser ambient temperature than that in the abdominal cavity.
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