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WOLFFIAN DUCT [1 record]

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Record 1 2021-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urinary Tract
  • Embryology
DEF

One of the three embryonic excretory organs of vertebrates, which becomes the functional kidney of certain primitive fishes.

CONT

The first set of kidneys that develops in mammals is the pronephros. It is a transient structure that in humans appears as a collection of cells in the intermediate mesoderm at about 3–3. 5 weeks of gestational age... These cells epithelialize and are thought to mark the beginning of the nephric duct, also known as the Wolffian duct...

OBS

pronephroi: plural.

Key term(s)
  • pronephron
  • pronephroi

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil urinaire
  • Embryologie
DEF

Rein embryonnaire pair des vertébrés, qui s'édifie très tôt dans la région cardiaque, et aux dépens duquel se forment le canal de Wolff, ou uretère primaire, et le canal de Müller, ou oviducte.

Spanish

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