Preferred Label : sex cord;
Uberon definition : Cordlike masses of epithelial tissue that invaginate from germinal epithelium of the
gonad and give rise to seminiferous tubules and rete testes in the male, and primary
ovarian follicles and rete ovarii in the female.;
Uberon related term : primitive sex cord; gonadal cord; genital cord; gonad cord;
Origin ID : 0005295;
UMLS CUI : C1512242;
Uberon cross reference
- develops from
Cordlike masses of epithelial tissue that invaginate from germinal epithelium of the
gonad and give rise to seminiferous tubules and rete testes in the male, and primary
ovarian follicles and rete ovarii in the female.
