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gubernacular bulb
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The caudal, swollen portion of the gubernaculum. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0123971756 ]
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
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UBERON:0012326
taxon notes
In rodents, during inguinoscrotal descent the gubernaculum regresses and the bulb prolapses, forming the vaginal process[ISBN:0123971756]