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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:urogenital fold
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Accession:UBERON:0004876 term browser browse the term
Definition:One of of the pair of folds derived from the cloacal folds which give rise to a portion of the external genitalia; in male embryos they close over the urethral plate and fuse to form the spongy (penile) urethra and ventral aspect of the penis, not including the glans; failure of fusion of the urethral folds leads to hypospadias; in female embryos they fuse only anterior to the anus and form the labia minora[MP].
Comment:[terminology-note] "Less commonly, urogenital fold refers to the fold in the mesonephros which is the precursor of e.g. the suspensory ligament of the ovary. This is the case in older versions of Gray's anatomy[WP]"
Synonyms:exact_synonym: urethral fold
 related_synonym: urogenital ridge
 xref: EHDAA2:0004022;   EMAPA:30888;   FMA:321919;   Wikipedia:Urogenital_folds


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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        developing anatomical structure 0
          embryonic structure 0
            presumptive structure 0
              urogenital fold 0
                embryonic urethral groove + 0
                gonadal ridge + 0
                labium minora 0
                nephrogenic cord + 0
                penis + 0
                raphe of perineum + 0
                suspensory ligament of testis 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
                  epiblast (generic) 0
                    germ layer / neural crest 0
                      germ layer 0
                        mesoderm 0
                          intermediate mesoderm 0
                            urogenital fold 0
                              embryonic urethral groove + 0
                              gonadal ridge + 0
                              labium minora 0
                              nephrogenic cord + 0
                              penis + 0
                              raphe of perineum + 0
                              suspensory ligament of testis 0
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