Uberon definition : A patent pouch of peritoneum extending into the labia majora of women. It is analogous
to the processus vaginalis in males. The pouch accompanies the gubernaculum during
development of the urinary and reproductive organs, more specifically during the descent
of the ovaries, and normally obliterates.;
Uberon related term : nuck%27s canal; canal of nuck; persistent processus vaginalis;
A patent pouch of peritoneum extending into the labia majora of women. It is analogous
to the processus vaginalis in males. The pouch accompanies the gubernaculum during
development of the urinary and reproductive organs, more specifically during the descent
of the ovaries, and normally obliterates.