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an embryonic duct which, initiated in association with rudiments of the pronephric kidney, is taken over as an excretory duct by the mesonephros, and develops into the epididymis, the ductus deferens and its ampulla, the seminal vesicles, and the ejaculatory duct in the male and into vestigial structures in the female. Called also wolffian d. and d. of Wolff.Medical dictionary. 2011.
Mesonephric duct — Urogenital sinus of female human embryo of eight and a half to nine weeks old … Wikipedia
mesonephric duct — noun : the efferent duct of the embryonic mesonephros persisting as a functional ureter in females and as a urinogenital duct in males of lower vertebrates in which the mesonephros is the definitive kidney and as the genital duct in males of… … Useful english dictionary
mesonephric duct — /mɛsoʊˌnɛfrɪk ˈdʌkt/ (say mesoh.nefrik dukt), /miz / (say meez ) noun → Wolffian duct …
Mesonephric tubules — Latin tubuli mesonephrici Code TE E5.6.2.1.0.0.1; E5.7.2.1.0.0.2 Mesonephric tubules are genital ridges that are next to the mesonephros. In males, some of the mesonephric kidney tubules, instead of being used to filter blood like the rest, they… … Wikipedia
Mesonephric — Mes o*neph ric, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the mesonephros; as, the mesonephric, or Wolffian, duct. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
duct — A tubular structure giving exit to the secretion of a gland or organ, capable of conducting fluid. SEE ALSO: canal. SYN: ductus [TA]. [L. duco, pp. ductus, to lead] aberrant ducts SYN: aberrant ductules, under ductule … Medical dictionary
duct of Wolff — wolffian duct mesonephric d … Medical dictionary
wolffian duct — noun Usage: often capitalized W Etymology: wolffian (II) : mesonephric duct * * * (sometimes l.c.) Embryol. a duct, draining the mesonephros of the embryo, that becomes the vas deferens in males and vestigial in females. [1875 80; named after K.… … Useful english dictionary
Paramesonephric duct — Urogenital sinus of female human embryo of eight and a half to nine weeks old … Wikipedia
Wolffian duct — n the duct of the mesonephros that persists in the female chiefly as part of the epoophoron and in the male as the duct system leaving the testis and including the epididymis, vas deferens, seminal vesicle, and ejaculatory duct called also Leydig … Medical dictionary
