seminiferous tubule of testis
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001343
The tubules in the testes where spermatogenesis occurs. [ http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0-683-40008-8&isbn=1/ MP:0002216 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/csmith https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/1381 ]
Synonyms: testis - seminiferous tubule, seminiferous tubule, seminiferous cord, tubuli seminiferi
Term info
- Wikipedia:Seminiferous_tubule
- GAID:400
- SCTID:279614002
- MA:0000412
- EV:0100380
- UMLS:C0036630 (ncithesaurus:Seminiferous_Tubule)
- FMA:19825
- MESH:D012671
- NCIT:C13047
- EMAPA:18685
- EMAPA:31476
- MAT:0000503
- UMLS:C1519236 (ncithesaurus:Seminiferous_Cord)
- XAO:0003088
- EFO:0001404
- VHOG:0001363
- CALOHA:TS-1239
- AAO:0010399
- BTO:0001235
- NCIT:C34293
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim
Any of the coiled tubules located in the testes in which spermatozoa are produced.[AAO], One of two or three twisted curved tubules in each lobule of the testis in which spermatogenesis occurs. [TFD][VHOG]
Frogs among amphibians and the amniotes have males with testes that are composed of seminiferous tubules, which differ from ampullae in being long, highly convoluted ductules.[well established][VHOG]
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Seminiferous_tubule_and_sperm_low_mag.jpg, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Gray1145.png
tubuli seminiferi
uberon
UBERON:0001343
Seminiferous tubule of testis
Term relations
- tube
- duct of male reproductive system
- mesoderm-derived structure
- channel for some sperm
- contains process some spermatogenesis
- part of some testis
- develops from some testis sex cord