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CROSS-SPECIES ANATOMY - ANNOTATIONS

The Basic subset of the UBERON integrated, cross-species anatomy ontology is downloaded weekly from http://berkeleybop.org/ontologies/uberon/basic.obo. For more information about this ontology see the "About" page on the UBERON website at http://uberon.github.io/about.html.

Term:seminal vesicle
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Definition: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.
Comment:[function-note] "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."; [homology-note] "(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]" xsd:string {date_retrieved="2012-09-17", external_class="VHOG:0001379", ontology="VHOG", source="ISBN:978-0072528305 Kardong KV, Vertebrates: Comparative Anatomy, Function, Evolution (2006) p.556", source="http://bgee.unil.ch/"}
Synonyms:broad_synonym: seminal gland
 related_synonym: glandula seminalis;   glandula vesiculosa;   gonecyst;   vas efferens;   vesicula seminalis;   vesiculae seminales;   vesicular gland;   vesicular glands;   vesicular seminalis;   vesiculæ seminales
 xref: AAO:0010788;   BTO:0001234;   CALOHA:TS-0919;   EFO:0000986;   EMAPA:19180;   EV:0100106;   FMA:19386;   GAID:394;   MA:0000410;   MAT:0000171;   MESH:D012669;   MIAA:0000171;   NCI:C12787;   SCTID:181434004;   UMLS:C0036628;   VHOG:0001379;   Wikipedia:Seminal_vesicle



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          mesoderm-derived structure 0
            seminal vesicle 0
              adventitia of seminal vesicle 0
              duct of seminal vesicle 0
              mucosa of seminal vesicle 0
              muscular coat of seminal vesicle 0
              seminal vesicle epithelium 0
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    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          multicellular anatomical structure 0
            multicellular organism 0
              embryo 0
                embryonic structure 0
                  embryonic tissue 0
                    germ layer / neural crest 0
                      germ layer 0
                        mesoderm 0
                          intermediate mesoderm 0
                            urogenital fold 0
                              nephrogenic cord 0
                                rostral part of nephrogenic cord 0
                                  pronephros 0
                                    mesonephros 0
                                      seminal vesicle 0
                                        adventitia of seminal vesicle 0
                                        duct of seminal vesicle 0
                                        mucosa of seminal vesicle 0
                                        muscular coat of seminal vesicle 0
                                        seminal vesicle epithelium 0
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