Concept information
Preferred term
Epididymis
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
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.
In other languages
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Finnish
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epididymis
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lisäkives
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004822
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