loading...| Preferred Name | mesonephric duct | |
| Synonyms |
renal duct ductus mesonephricus; ductus Wolffi Leydig's duct archinephric duct Wolffian duct |
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| Definitions |
Paired organ that connects the primitive kidney Wolffian body (or mesonephros) to the cloaca and serves as the anlage for certain male reproductive organs. the Wolffian duct is what remains of the pronephric duct after the atrophy of the pronephros[WP]. In Zebrafish: Duct of the adult kidney (mesonephros), present bilaterally ventral to the somites and leading to the cloacal chamber[ZFA]. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003074 |
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http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/308800003 http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0043204 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C26469 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesonephric_duct UMLS:C0043204 GAID:1315 VHOG:0000082 EHDAA:1590 EHDAA2:0001243 AAO:0000637 EMAPA:16577 ZFA:0000546 TAO:0000546 XAO:0000242 MESH:A16.254.940 |
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| definition |
Paired organ that connects the primitive kidney Wolffian body (or mesonephros) to the cloaca and serves as the anlage for certain male reproductive organs. the Wolffian duct is what remains of the pronephric duct after the atrophy of the pronephros[WP]. In Zebrafish: Duct of the adult kidney (mesonephros), present bilaterally ventral to the somites and leading to the cloacal chamber[ZFA]. |
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| depicted_by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Gray1109.png |
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| development_notes |
In the male the Wolffian duct persists, and forms for example the epididymis, the ductus deferens, the ejaculatory duct, seminal vesicle and efferent ducts. |
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| editor note |
TODO - mesonephric portion of the nephric duct Consider adding subclasses for male and female specific variants |
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| external_definition |
The first-formed kidney duct, which drains the kidney of most anamniotes and becomes the ductus deferens of male amniotes. [Bemis_WE, Functional_Anatomy_of_the_Vertebrates:_An_Evolutionary_Perspective, Glossary_G-3, Grande_L, Liem_KF, Third_Edition_(2001)_Orlando_Fla.:_Harcourt_College_Publishers, Walker_WF][VHOG] Anatomical structure consisting of either of a pair of longitudinal ducts which carry urine and in males, sperm, to the cloaca.[AAO] |
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| has_exact_synonym |
Wolffian duct |
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| has_related_synonym |
renal duct ductus mesonephricus; ductus Wolffi Leydig's duct archinephric duct |
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| homology_notes |
(...) in all craniates, the archinephric duct develops in embryogeny.[well established][VHOG] |
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UBERON:0003074 |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon#uberon_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#vertebrate_core http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon#vertebrate_core |
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mesonephric duct |
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| notation |
UBERON:0003074 |
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mesonephric duct |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000080 |
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