MeSH definition : An embryonic structure that helps guide proper descent of gonads into their final
positions. It attaches the caudal end of the fetal GONADS to the developing SCROTUM
in male and the labium majorum in female. It gives rise to the caudal ligaments of
the gonad: the scrotal ligament in male and the uterine round and proper ovarian ligaments
in female. It includes morphofunctional equivalent structures in non-mammals.;
MeSH synonym : Gubernacula;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gubernaculum;
An embryonic structure that helps guide proper descent of gonads into their final
positions. It attaches the caudal end of the fetal GONADS to the developing SCROTUM
in male and the labium majorum in female. It gives rise to the caudal ligaments of
the gonad: the scrotal ligament in male and the uterine round and proper ovarian ligaments
in female. It includes morphofunctional equivalent structures in non-mammals.
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