Preferred Label : Mullerian duct;
Uberon definition : paired ducts of the embryo that run down the lateral sides of the urogenital ridge
and terminate at the mullerian eminence in the primitive urogenital sinus. In the
female, they will develop to form the fallopian tubes, uterus, and the upper portion
of the vagina; in the male, they are lost. These ducts are made of tissue of mesodermal
origin[WP]. develops either by lengthwise splitting of the archinephric duct (in chondrichthyans
and some amphibians) or by a elongated invagination of the coelomic epithelium (other
vertebrates) In males, the oviducts regress. The cranial end of the oviduct maintains
an opening into the coelom (which primitively may have been the anteriormost coelomic
funnels connecting the nephrocoel with the coelom). This opening is the ostium tubae[USM].;
Uberon synonym : Müllerian duct; Muellerian duct; ductus paramesonephricus; paramesonephric duct;
Uberon narrow term : early paramesonephric duct;
Uberon Development note : Sertoli cells secrete anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) inducing the demise of this duct;
Uberon Homology note : In females, the archinephric (mesonephric) ducts tend to function only within the
urinary systems. The muellerian duct arises embryologically next to the archinephric
(wolffian) duct. In males, the muellerian duct regresses if it appears at all, but
in females, the muellerian ducts become the oviducts of the reproductive system.[well
established][VHOG];
Origin ID : 0003890;
UMLS CUI : C0026732;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Uberon cross reference
- develops from
- develops into
- in lateral side of
- part of
paired ducts of the embryo that run down the lateral sides of the urogenital ridge
and terminate at the mullerian eminence in the primitive urogenital sinus. In the
female, they will develop to form the fallopian tubes, uterus, and the upper portion
of the vagina; in the male, they are lost. These ducts are made of tissue of mesodermal
origin[WP]. develops either by lengthwise splitting of the archinephric duct (in chondrichthyans
and some amphibians) or by a elongated invagination of the coelomic epithelium (other
vertebrates) In males, the oviducts regress. The cranial end of the oviduct maintains
an opening into the coelom (which primitively may have been the anteriormost coelomic
funnels connecting the nephrocoel with the coelom). This opening is the ostium tubae[USM].
