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intromittent organ
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An external organ of a male organism that is specialized to deliver sperm during copulation. Intromittent organs are found most often in terrestrial species, as most aquatic species fertilize their eggs externally, although there are exceptions[WP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intromittent_organ ]
Term info
Label
intromittent organ
Subsets
grouping_class, organ_slim
curator notes
this is a broad grouping class connecting a number of different analagous organs by their function. We place the insect aedeagus here rather than penis, although this is somewhat arbitrary given the broadness of the current definition
external definition
Surface structure that is an external structure of a male organism through which sperm is transferred to a female organism during mating.[TAO]
has narrow synonym
aedeagus, penis
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
copulatory organ
id
UBERON:0008811