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seminal vesicle

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Either of a pair of glandular pouches that lie one on either side of the male reproductive tract posterolateral to the urinary bladder and in the human male secrete a sugar- and protein-containing fluid into the ejaculatory duct. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminal_vesicle BTO:0001234 ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • AAO:0010788
  • BTO:0001234
  • MAT:0000171
  • MA:0000410
  • EFO:0000986
  • SCTID:181434004
  • NCIT:C12787
  • MESH:D012669
  • CALOHA:TS-0919
  • EV:0100106
  • Wikipedia:Seminal_vesicle
  • MIAA:0000171
  • FMA:19386
  • VHOG:0001379
  • EMAPA:19180
  • UMLS:C0036628 (ncithesaurus:Seminal_Vesicle)
  • GAID:394
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, organ_slim

UBPROP 0000001

Either of a pair of pouchlike glands situated on each side of the male urinary bladder that secrete seminal fluid and nourish and promote the movement of spermatozoa through the urethra. [TFD][VHOG]

UBPROP 0000003

(In mammalian testis) Along the way (the sperm travel), three accessory sex glands, the seminal vesicle, prostate, and bulbourethral (Cowper's) gland, respectively, add their secretions as sperm move from the testes to the urethra.[well established][VHOG]

UBPROP 0000009

The seminal vesicles secrete a significant proportion of the fluid that ultimately becomes semen. Lipofuscin granules from dead epithelial cells give the secretion its yellowish color. About 50-70% of the seminal fluid in humans originates from the seminal vesicles, but is not expelled in the first ejaculate fractions which are dominated by spermatozoa and zinc-rich prostatic fluid.

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Male_anatomy_en.svg

has related synonym

vesiculæ seminales, vesicular glands, glandula seminalis, glandula vesiculosa, vesiculae seminales, vesicular gland, gonecyst, vesicula seminalis, vesicular seminalis, vas efferens

has broad synonym

seminal gland

id

UBERON:0000998

prefLabel

Seminal vesicle