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seminal vesicle

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Either of a pair of glandular pouches that lie one on either side of the male reproductive tract posterolateral to the urinary bladder and in the human male secrete a sugar- and protein-containing fluid into the ejaculatory duct. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0001234 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminal_vesicle ]

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Term information

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, organ_slim

depicted by

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external definition

Either of a pair of pouchlike glands situated on each side of the male urinary bladder that secrete seminal fluid and nourish and promote the movement of spermatozoa through the urethra. [TFD][VHOG]

function notes

The seminal vesicles secrete a significant proportion of the fluid that ultimately becomes semen. Lipofuscin granules from dead epithelial cells give the secretion its yellowish color. About 50-70% of the seminal fluid in humans originates from the seminal vesicles, but is not expelled in the first ejaculate fractions which are dominated by spermatozoa and zinc-rich prostatic fluid.

has broad synonym

seminal gland

has related synonym

vesiculæ seminales

glandula seminalis

vesicular glands

glandula vesiculosa

vesiculae seminales

vesicular gland

gonecyst

vesicular seminalis

vas efferens

vesicula seminalis

homology notes

(In mammalian testis) Along the way (the sperm travel), three accessory sex glands, the seminal vesicle, prostate, and bulbourethral (Cowper's) gland, respectively, add their secretions as sperm move from the testes to the urethra.[well established][VHOG]

id

UBERON:0000998