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seminal vesicle fluid

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A bodily secretion that is produced by a seminal vesicle. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]

Term info

Label

seminal vesicle fluid

Synonyms
  • secretion of seminal vesicle
  • seminal vesicle secretion
database cross reference
external ontology notes

in ncit, seminal fluid is a subtype of seminal vesicle secretion

function notes

important for semen coagulation, sperm motility, and stability of sperm chromatin and suppression of the immune activity in the female reproductive tract[MP]

has broad synonym

vesicular fluid

has related synonym

seminal fluid

id

UBERON:0010143

taxon notes

constitutes 60-70 % of the ejaculate in humans[MP]