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Cremaster
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Cre`mas´ter    (kr?-m?s´t?r)
n.1.(Anat.) A thin muscle which serves to draw up the testicle.
2.(Zool.) The apex of the last abdominal segment of an insect.
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The artist has often explained his master scheme, for example on German television recently: The cremaster muscle controls the position of the testicles, which varies with temperature.
Master of ceremony by Birnbaum, Daniel / Artforum International
Barney makes no secret that the series' raw subject matter is the ascending and descending of the testicles, a process controlled by the cremaster muscle.
Nurture boy by Siegel, Katy / Artforum International
Call it the Apotheosis of the Descended Scrotum, for, as Barney has explained, the cremaster muscle after which these films are named alters the height of men's testicles, moving them closer to or farther from the body to control their temperature.
Hungarian rhapsody by Frankel, David / Artforum International
 
 
 
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