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pronephric duct

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In mammals, the pronephric duct is the predecessor of the Wolffian duct[WP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronephric_duct ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • SCTID:361406002
  • UMLS:C1283945 (ncithesaurus:Pronephric_Duct)
  • ZFA:0000150
  • TAO:0000150
  • Wikipedia:Pronephric_duct
  • AAO:0011088
  • VHOG:0000082
  • XAO:0000063
  • NCIT:C34279
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plural term
pronephric ducts [ ZFA:0000150 ]

UBPROP 0000001

The first-formed kidney duct, which drains the kidney of most anamniotes and becomes the ductus deferens of male amniotes. [Bemis_WE, Functional_Anatomy_of_the_Vertebrates:_An_Evolutionary_Perspective, Glossary_G-3, Grande_L, Liem_KF, Third_Edition_(2001)_Orlando_Fla.:_Harcourt_College_Publishers, Walker_WF][VHOG], Duct of the embryonic kidney, present bilaterally ventral to the somites and leading to the anal region where it empties separately from, and just posterior to the anus. Kimmel et al, 1995.[TAO]

UBPROP 0000003

(...) in all craniates, the archinephric duct develops in embryogeny.[well established][VHOG]

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The pronephric duct collects the filtrate from the pronephric tubules and opens to the exterior of the pronephric kidney[GOC:mtg_kidney_jan10, PMID:15647339, XAO:0000063, ZFA:0000150]

has related synonym

ductus pronephricus, pronephric ducts, archinephric duct

id

UBERON:0003060