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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:epididymis
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Accession:UBERON:0001301 term browser browse the term
Definition:The elongated structure connected to the posterior surface of the testis that transports, stores, and matures spermatozoa between testis and vas deferens.
Comment:[structure-note] "Typically divided into three main regions. In reptiles, there is an additional canal between the testis and the head of the epididymis, which receives the various efferent ducts. This is, however, absent in all birds and mammals. The epididymis is covered by a two layered pseudostratified epithelium. The epithelium is separated by a basement membrane from the connective tissue wall which has smooth muscle cells."; [taxon-note] "A similar, but probably non-homologous, structure is found in cartilaginous fishes" xsd:string {source="WP"}
Synonyms:xref: BTO:0000408;   CALOHA:TS-0285;   EFO:0000982;   EMAPA:19290;   EV:0100103;   FMA:18255;   GAID:397;   MA:0000397;   MAT:0000130;   MESH:D004822;   MIAA:0000130;   NCI:C12328;   SCTID:181432000;   UMLS:C0014533;   VHOG:0001265;   Wikipedia:Epididymis;   galen:Epididymis
 relational_adjective: epididymal



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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          mesoderm-derived structure 0
            epididymis 0
              adventitia of epididymis 0
              appendix epididymis 0
              caput epididymis 0
              cauda epididymis 0
              corpus epididymis 0
              duct of epididymis 0
              epididymal fat pad 0
              epididymis epithelium 0
              epididymis smooth muscle 0
              muscle layer of epididymis 0
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  UBERON ontology 0
    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
                                      mesonephric epithelium 0
                                        mesonephric tubule 0
                                          mesonephric duct 0
                                            epididymis 0
                                              adventitia of epididymis 0
                                              appendix epididymis 0
                                              caput epididymis 0
                                              cauda epididymis 0
                                              corpus epididymis 0
                                              duct of epididymis 0
                                              epididymal fat pad 0
                                              epididymis epithelium 0
                                              epididymis smooth muscle 0
                                              muscle layer of epididymis 0
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