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seminiferous tubule of testis

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The tubules in the testes where spermatogenesis occurs. [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/csmith https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/1381 ]

Term info

Label

seminiferous tubule of testis

Synonyms
  • seminiferous cord
  • seminiferous tubule
  • testis - seminiferous tubule
  • tubuli seminiferi
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Seminiferous_tubule_and_sperm_low_mag.jpg, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Gray1145.png

external definition

Any of the coiled tubules located in the testes in which spermatozoa are produced.[AAO], One of two or three twisted curved tubules in each lobule of the testis in which spermatogenesis occurs. [TFD][VHOG]

has related synonym

tubuli seminiferi

homology notes

Frogs among amphibians and the amniotes have males with testes that are composed of seminiferous tubules, which differ from ampullae in being long, highly convoluted ductules.[well established][VHOG]

id

UBERON:0001343