epididymis

Definition

The elongated structure connected to the posterior surface of the testis that transports, stores, and matures spermatozoa between testis and vas deferens.

Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0

Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Relations

Arterial supply

testicular artery

Venous drainage

pampiniform venous plexus

Sub-structures

• left epididymis
• right epididymis

Neighbouring structures

• bile duct
• deferent duct

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Wikipedia (English)

Identifiers

TA2

3603

TA98

A09.3.02.001

FMA

18255

UBERON

0001301

Wikidata

Q1973610