Vas deferens Health Dictionary

Vas Deferens: From 4 Different Sources


Either of a pair of tubes that convey sperm from each testis and epididymis to the urethra. The plural form is vasa deferentia.
Health Source: BMA Medical Dictionary
Author: The British Medical Association
A narrow tube that leads from each testis (see TESTICLE) through the PROSTATE GLAND to join a tube from the seminal vesicles to form the ejaculatory duct. Sperm (see SPERMATOZOON) and seminal ?uid pass through this duct during ejaculation.
Health Source: Dictionary of Tropical Medicine
Author: Health Dictionary
A canal connecting vas efferens to cirrus.
Health Source: Medical Dictionary
Author: Health Dictionary
(pl. vasa deferentia) either of a pair of ducts that conduct spermatozoa from the *epididymis to the *urethra on ejaculation. It has a thick muscular wall the contraction of which assists in ejaculation.
Health Source: Oxford | Concise Colour Medical Dictionary
Author: Jonathan Law, Elizabeth Martin

Ductus Deferens

Ductus deferens, or VAS DEFERENS, is the tube which carries spermatozoa from the epidydimis to the seminal vesicles. (See TESTICLE.)... ductus deferens



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