A secretory duct that transports sperm from the testis. In mammals this is a continuation of the epididymis and ends in the prostatic urethra where it terminates to form ejaculatory duct. [ MP:0002769 https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/pvb http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vas_deferens ]
Synonyms: vas deferen ductus deferens deferent duct
Term information
- EFO:0000981
- SCTID:245467009
- EMAPA:18681
- MESH:D014649
- CALOHA:TS-1105
- EV:0100105
- FMA:19234
- galen:VasDeferens
- GAID:404
- BTO:0001427
- VHOG:0001135
- MIAA:0000129
- NCIT:C12813
- Wikipedia:Vas_deferens
- MA:0000413
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
Term relations
- tube
- duct of male reproductive system
- channels_into some ejaculatory duct
- part of some male genital duct
- part of some spermatic cord
- channels_from some epididymis
- channel for some semen
- contributes to morphology of some internal male genitalia