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gubernaculum (male or female)
- Term ID
- UBERON:0004346
- Synonyms
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- caudal suspensory ligament
- Gabernaculum
- gubernaculae
- gubernaculum
- Definition
- embryonic structures which begin as undifferentiated mesenchyme attaching to the caudal end of the gonads. The gubernaculum is present only during the development of the urinary and reproductive organs, being replaced by distinct vestiges in males and females[WP]. Enitoinguinal ligaments that, in the male, connect the fetal testis to the developing scrotum, and, in the female, connect the ovaries to the uterus[MP] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gubernaculum
- References
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- NCIT:C82952
- UMLS:C0228051
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gubernaculum
- http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0228051
- Ontology
- Uberon Ontology
- develops from
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- develops into
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- is part of
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- is a type of
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- has subtype
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