Vesicular appendages of epoophoron
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Vesicular appendages of epoophoron | |
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Broad ligament of adult, showing epoöphoron. (From Farre, after Kobelt.) a, a. Epoöphoron formed from the upper part of the Wolffian body. b. Remains of the uppermost tubes sometimes forming appendices. c. Middle set of tubes. d. Some lower atrophied tubes. e. Atrophied remains of the Wolffian duct. f. The terminal bulb or hydatid. h. The uterine tube, originally the duct of Müller. i. Appendix attached to the extremity. l. The ovary. | |
Latin | appendices vesiculosae epoophori |
Gray's | subject #267 1257 |
Dorlands/Elsevier | a_54/12147741 |
In connection with the fimbriae of the uterine tube, or with the broad ligament close to them, there are frequently one or more small pedunculated vesicles. These are termed the vesicular appendages of the epoophoron (hydatids of Morgagni).
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- Dictionary at eMedicine Vesicular+appendages+of+epoophoron
- synd/292 at Who Named It
- Human anatomy at Dartmouth figures/chapter_35/35-8.HTM
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