If a middle poion of the processus vaginalis persists, it forms a congenital hydrocele. If the entire processus vaginalis persists, it develops a congenital indirect inguinal hernia. Gubernaculum testis is the fetal ligament that connects the bottom of the fetal testis to the developing scrotum. Hematocele is an effusion of blood into the cavity of the tunica vaginalis. Cryptorchidism Failure of the testis to descend from the abdomen to the scrotum. High temperature in abdominal cavity-inhibition of spermatogenesis-Sterility.