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peritoneal vaginal process

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A peritoneal diverticulum in the embryonic lower anterior abdominal wall that traverses the inguinal canal. In the male it forms the tunica vaginalis testis and normally loses its connection with the peritoneal cavity; a persistent processus vaginalis in the female is known as the canal of Nuck[MP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Processus_vaginalis ]

Term info

Label

peritoneal vaginal process

Synonyms
  • processus vaginalis peritoneus
  • saccus vaginalis
  • vaginal process of peritoneum
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Subsets

pheno_slim

plural term
processus vaginalis peritonei [ MP : 0009218 ]

latin term
processus vaginalis peritonei masculinus [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Processus_vaginalis ]

depicted by

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has broad synonym

processus vaginalis

has narrow synonym

processus vaginalis peritonei masculinus

has related synonym

vaginal process, processus vaginalis peritonei, vaginal process of the peritoneum, peritoneal diverticulum, vaginal process of peritoneum, vaginal process of testis

id

UBERON:0005344