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Epididymis
[Gr. epi - on, upon; Gr. didymos - testis]. A coiled structure found along the posterior border of the testis where mature spermatazoa are received, stored and eventually dispensed into the vas deferens for transport out of the body.
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Part of the male reproductive system. Sperm undergo their final maturation in the epididymis.
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epididymis: the tube in which sperm cells mature.
epiglottis: a thin flap of tissue that folds over the opening to the mammalian trachea during swallowing and prevents food from entering the trachea.
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epididymis A long, convoluted duct on the testis where sperm are stored. PICTURE
epiglottis A þap of tissue that closes off the trachea during swallowing.
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epididymis
(ep-ih-did-eh-mis)
A long coiled tube into which sperm pass from the testis and are stored until mature and ejaculated.
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epididymis Part of the sperm duct that is coiled and lying near the testis.
epifauna Animals that live on the surface of the substrate. Compare infauna.
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epididymis
The long, coiled narrow tube running from the testis to the vas deferens in the higher vertebrates. It functions to store sperm.
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Epididymis coiled tubules found within the scrotum that store sperm and are the site of their final maturation
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The sperm travel from the seminiferous tubules to the rete testis, the efferent ducts, and then to the epididymis where newly-created sperm cells mature (see spermatogenesis).
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In males, the bacterium invades the urethra causing a discharge of pus and often establishes itself in the prostate gland and epididymis. In females, it spreads from the vagina to the cervix and fallopian tubes.
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Do you have a uterus and fallopian tubes or do you have an epididymis and a vas deferens. It then moves on to the external genitalia. Do you have a clitoris and labia or do you have a penis.
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In vitro, capacitation can occur in sperm that have either undergone ejaculation or have been extracted from the epididymis.
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