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mesonephros
- Term ID
- UBERON:0000080
- Synonyms
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- amphibian adult kidney
- corpus Wolffi
- mesonephric kidney
- mesonephroi
- middle kidney
- opisthonephros
- opisto nephros
- opistonephros
- Wolffian body
- Definition
- The second stage of the kidney. It serves as the main excretory organ of aquatic vertebrates and as a temporary embryonic kidney in higher vertebrates. It is composed of the mesonephric duct (also called the Wolffian duct), mesonephric tubules, and associated capillary tufts. A single tubule and its associated capillary tuft is called a mesonephric excretory unit; these units are similar in structure and function to nephrons of the adult kidney. The mesonephros is derived from intermediate mesoderm in the vertebrate embryo. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesonephros
- References
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- AAO:0010384
- BTO:0001542
- CALOHA:TS-0624
- EFO:0000928
- EHDAA2:0001130
- EHDAA:1581
- EHDAA:5903
- EMAPA:16744
- EMAPA:27644
- GAID:1308
- MESH:D001755
- NCIT:C26467
- TAO:0000529
- UMLS:C0025492
- VHOG:0000038
- XAO:0000141
- ZFA:0000529
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesonephros
- http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0025492
- http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/308799002
- Ontology
- Cell Ontology
- develops from
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- develops into
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- has parts
- is a type of
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