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mesonephric duct
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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]. [ https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/28 http://zfin.org/curator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesonephric_duct ]
Term info
Label
mesonephric duct
Synonyms
- Wolffian duct
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
contributor
https://github.com/cmungall, https://github.com/rfoulger
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Gray1109.png
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.
editor note
TODO - mesonephric portion of the nephric duct, Consider adding subclasses for male and female specific variants
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]
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
renal duct, Leydig's duct, ductus mesonephricus; ductus Wolffi, archinephric duct
homology notes
(...) in all craniates, the archinephric duct develops in embryogeny.[well established][VHOG]
id
UBERON:0003074