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Urogenital System > Genitalia > Genitalia, Male > Epididymis

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Epididymis  

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Note

  • NIM when used in fat-pad tissue studies; diseases: coordinate IM with GENITAL DISEASES, MALE (IM); inflammation = EPIDIDYMITIS

Scope note

  • The convoluted cordlike structure attached to the posterior of the TESTIS. Epididymis consists of the head (caput), the body (corpus), and the tail (cauda). A network of ducts leaving the testis joins into a common epididymal tubule proper which provides the transport, storage, and maturation of SPERMATOZOA.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004822

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