Ana3D

left transition zone of prostate

Reproductive

3D model: left transition zone of prostate
left transition 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 anterior to the central and peripheral zones, surrounding the proximal urethra. It is the zone of the human prostate gland that grows the most throughout life, and is responsible for benign prostatic hypertrophy.

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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