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Definition of Ductus deferens
1. Noun. A duct that carries spermatozoa from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct.
Generic synonyms: Canal, Channel, Duct, Epithelial Duct
Group relationships: Male Reproductive System, Ball, Ballock, Bollock, Egg, Nut, Orchis, Testicle, Testis, Seminal Duct
Medical Definition of Ductus deferens
1. The secretory duct of the testicle, running from the epididymis, of which it is the continuation, to the prostatic urethra where it terminates as the ejaculatory duct. Synonym: deferent canal, deferent duct, spermatic duct, spermiduct, testicular duct, vas deferens. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ductus Deferens
Literary usage of Ductus deferens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"... in front of the ductus deferens. Below the subcutaneous inguinal ring they
unite to form three or four veins, which pass along the'inguinal canal, and, ..."
2. Scientific Memoirs: Selected from the Transactions of Foreign Academies of by Arthur Henfrey, Thomas Henry Huxley (1853)
"The innermost coat of the ductus deferens is generally formed by a layer ...
Next to this innermost layer the mass of the ductus deferens appears to be ..."
3. A Text-book of Histology: Arranged Upon an Embryological Basis by Philipp Stöhr, Frederic Thomas Lewis (1913)
"The ductus deferens begins as a convoluted tube continuous with the ductus ...
The ductus deferens consists of a mucosa, muscu- laris and adventitia. ..."
4. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1921)
"In the posterior part are the posterior veins of the pampiniform plexus and
between the two groups of veins is the ductus deferens accompanied by its artery ..."
5. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"The ductus deferens will be seen passing downwards and backwards, ... Before they
meet, both the ductus deferens and the ureter turn medially and, ..."
6. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray (1918)
"... groups of lumbar glands.1 The Lymphatic Vessels of the ductus deferens pass,
to the external iliac glands"J) those of the ..."
7. Das Becken by Wilhelm von Waldeyer-Hartz (1899)
"Da der ductus deferens von vorn her zur Seitenfläche der Blase tritt, um hinter
ihr zu enden, der Ureter aber von hinten her, um weiter vorn in die Blase zu ..."
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