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Descriptor English: | Epididymis | ||||
Descriptor Spanish: |
Epidídimo
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Descriptor Portuguese: | Epididimo | ||||
Descriptor French: | Épididyme | ||||
Entry term(s): |
Epididymis |
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Tree number(s): |
A05.360.444.371 |
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RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004822 | ||||
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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Annotation: | NIM when used in fat-pad tissue studies; diseases: coordinate IM with GENITAL DISEASES, MALE (IM); inflammation = EPIDIDYMITIS |
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Allowable Qualifiers: |
AB malformations AH anatomie et histologie BS vascularisation CH composition chimique CY cytologie DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques DG imagerie diagnostique EM embryologie EN enzymologie GD croissance et développement IM immunologie IN traumatismes IR innervation ME métabolisme MI microbiologie PA anatomopathologie PH physiologie PP physiopathologie PS parasitologie RE effets des radiations SU chirurgie TR transplantation UL ultrastructure VI virologie |
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DeCS ID: | 4902 | ||||
Unique ID: | D004822 | ||||
NLM Classification: | WJ 800 | ||||
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||
Date Established: | 1966/01/01 | ||||
Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||
Revision Date: | 2005/06/30 |
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