testicular duct [FBbt_00004957]

Duct connecting the testis and the seminal vesicles in the adult male genitalia. It is 80 micrometers long and 23 micrometers in diameter, making a single spiral turn. It has a narrow lumen, surrounded by a thick epithelium containing small, closely spaced nuclei. It is covered in an inner sheath and an outer pigment sheath, as in the seminal vesicles.

Open testicular duct in VFB

VFB Term Json

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