prostate gland
The prostate gland is a partly muscular, partly glandular body that is situated near the base of the mammalian male urethra and secretes an alkaline viscid fluid which is a major constituent of the ejaculatory fluid. [ http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0030850 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostate ]
Synonyms: prostate, male prostate
Term info
- EMAPA:19287
- SCTID:181422007
- BTO:0001129
- CALOHA:TS-0828
- Wikipedia:Prostate
- MAT:0000078
- galen:ProstateGland
- UMLS:C0033572 (ncithesaurus:Prostate_Gland)
- MESH:D011467
- NCIT:C12410
- EFO:0000858
- VHOG:0001261
- GAID:392
- EV:0100104
- MIAA:0000078
- MA:0000404
- FMA:9600
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, organ_slim, major_organ, human_reference_atlas
prostatic
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Prostatelead.jpg
TODO - FMA treats the gland as part of the prostate - see also FMA:74119.
prostata
uberon
UBERON:0002367
Prostate
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
Term relations
- male accessory sex gland
- mixed endoderm/mesoderm-derived structure
- only in taxon some Mammalia
- develops from some prostate bud
- epithelial cell of prostate
- prostate duct
- lobe of prostate
- prostate stromal cell
- transition zone of prostate
- prostate epithelium
- apex of prostate
- surface of prostate
- prostatic venous plexus
- prostatic capsule
- base of prostate
- inferolateral surface of prostate
- muscle tissue of prostate
- fibroblast of connective tissue of glandular part of prostate
- fibroblast of connective tissue of nonglandular part of prostate
- fibroblast of subepithelial connective tissue of prostatic gland
- fibroblast of outer membrane of prostatic capsule
- fibroblast of connective tissue of prostate
- prostate gland microvascular endothelial cell
- smooth muscle cell of prostate
- connective tissue of prostate gland
- prostate gland stroma
- endocrine-paracrine cell of prostate gland
- central zone of prostate
- peripheral zone of prostate