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male genital duct

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006947


A duct or series of ducts that transports sperm from the gonad. In mammals this is from the seminiferous tubules through rete testis, vas efferentia, epididymis, vas deferens, ejeculatory duct to the urethra. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]

Synonyms: sperm duct, sperm ducts

Term info

database cross reference
  • FMA:55678
  • ZFA:0001268
  • TAO:0001268
Subsets

grouping_class

plural term
sperm ducts [ TAO:0001268 ]

UBPROP 0000008

we use this as a generic grouping class for a number of taxa

UBPROP 0000012

in FMA includes as parts: seminal vesicle, efferent ductule (vas efferentia), epididymis, deferent duct (vas deferens), ejaculatory duct

has alternative id

UBERON:0010140

id

UBERON:0006947

prefLabel

Male genital duct