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gubernacular bulb

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Term info

Label

gubernacular bulb

development notes

Hrabovszky et al propose the bulb is the growing end of the elongating gubernaculum, analogous to the growth of a limb bud[PMID:11997885]

has narrow synonym

pars infravaginalis gubernaculi, bulb of gubernaculum

id

UBERON:0012326

taxon notes

In rodents, during inguinoscrotal descent the gubernaculum regresses and the bulb prolapses, forming the vaginal process[ISBN:0123971756]