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Definition of Mesonephros
1. n. The middle one of the three pairs of embryonic renal organs developed in most vertebrates; the Wolffian body.
Definition of Mesonephros
1. Noun. (biology) The second of the three excretory organs of the developing embryo; the Wolffian body ¹
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Definition of Mesonephros
1. [n -NEPHROI]
Medical Definition of Mesonephros
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Mesonephros
Literary usage of Mesonephros
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Early Embryology of the Chick by Bradley Merrill Patten (1920)
"THE URINARY SYSTEM The General Relationships of Pronephros, mesonephros and ...
The mesonephros is homologous with the adult excretory organs of fishes and ..."
2. The Development of the Chick: An Introduction to Embryology by Frank Rattray Lillie (1908)
"We have now to consider (1) the later history of the mesonephros, (2) the
development of the metanephros or permanent kidney, (3) the development of the ..."
3. A Treatise on Comparative Embryology by Francis Maitland Balfour (1885)
"The pronephros is distinguished from the mesonephros by developmental as well as
structural features. The most important of the former is the fact that the ..."
4. Textbook of Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1905)
"With the atrophy of the mesonephros the duct suffers modification, ... The primitive
secretory organ, the mesonephros, or Wolffian body develops in ..."
5. A Laboratory manual and text-book of embryology by Charles William Prentiss (1922)
"THE mesonephros The mesonephros, like the pronephros, consists essentially of a
series of tubules, each of which at one end is related to a knot of blood ..."
6. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The pronephros disappears very early; the structural elements of the mesonephros
mostly degenerate, but in their place is developed the genital gland in ..."
7. Text-book of the embryology of man and mammals by Oscar Hertwig, Edward Laurens Mark (1905)
"... or shorter interval of time, a still more voluminous gland, serving for the
secretion of urine, the primitive kidney (mesonephros) or Wolffian body. ..."
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