| Name: | pronephric duct |
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| Synonyms: | pronephric ducts |
| Definition: | Duct of the embryonic kidney, present bilaterally ventral to the somites and leading to the cloacal chamber. Wingert et al. have suggested that the pronephric duct as described traditionally may consist of subregions which are analogous to portions of the tubule segment of mammalian and other fish nephrons. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000150] |
| Name: | anterior side |
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| Synonyms: | anterior, rostral |
| Definition: | An anatomical region that is the entire part of an anatomical structure anterior to a transverse plane and bounded on one side by the same transverse plane. |
| Ontology: | Spatial Ontology [BSPO:0000055] |