Ana3D

left central zone of prostate

Reproductive

3D model: left central zone of prostate
left central zone of prostate
3D models: Browne, Kristen, and Heidi Schlehlein. 2026. 3D Reference Organ Set for Male, v1.10. https://doi.org/10.48539/HBM833.WZWN.425. HuBMAP CCF 3D Reference Object Library, https://humanatlas.io/3d-reference-library. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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Definition

The region of the prostate gland that is located between the peripheral and transition zones, surrounding the ejaculatory ducts. It gives rise to a very small percentage of human prostate cancers, often aggressive and invading the seminal vesicles.

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/).

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