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Encyclopedia > Deferent duct
Vas deferens
Male Anatomy
Vertical section of the testis, to show the arrangement of the ducts.
Gray's subject #259 1245
Artery Inferior vesical artery, Artery of the ductus deferens
Lymph external iliac lymph nodes, internal iliac lymph nodes
Precursor Wolffian duct
MeSH Vas+Deferens

The vas deferens (plural: vasa deferentia), also called ductus deferens, (Latin: "carrying-away vessel"), and in lay talk sperm tube is part of the male anatomy of some species, including humans. Image File history File links Drawing of the Male Internal Sexual Anatomy From alt. ... Image File history File links Gray1149. ... Human male anatomy The testicles, known medically as testes (singular testis), are the male generative glands in animals. ... Section of an artery For other uses, see Artery (disambiguation). ... The inferior vesical artery frequently arises in common with the middle hemorrhoidal, and is distributed to the fundus of the bladder, the prostate, and the vesiculæ seminales. ... In mammals including humans, the lymphatic vessels (or lymphatics) are a network of thin tubes that branch, like blood vessels, into tissues throughout the body. ... The external iliac lymph nodes, from eight to ten in number, lie along the external iliac vessels. ... The internal iliac lymph nodes (or hypogastric) surround the hypogastric vessels, and receive the lymphatics corresponding to the distribution of the branches of the hypogastric artery, i. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... The Wolffian duct (also known as archinephric duct, Leydigs duct, and the mesonephric duct) is an paired organ found in mammals including humans during embryogenesis. ... Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) is a huge controlled vocabulary (or metadata system) for the purpose of indexing journal articles and books in the life sciences. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... The shield and spear of the Roman God Mars are often used to represent the male sex In heterogamous species, male is the sex of an organism, or of a part of an organism, which typically produces smaller, mobile gametes (spermatozoa) that are able to fertilise female gametes (ova). ... Anatomical drawing of the human muscles from the Encyclopédie. ...

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Structure

There are two such ducts; they are muscular tubes (surrounded by smooth muscle) connecting the left and right epididymis to the ejaculatory ducts in order to move sperm. Each tube is about 30 centimeters long. Cultured Smooth muscle of the aorta. ... Male Anatomy The epididymis is part of the human male reproductive system and is present in all male mammals. ... The Ejaculatory ducts are part of the human male anatomy, which cause the reflex action of ejaculation. ... A spermatozoon or spermatozoan ( spermatozoa), from the ancient Greek σπέρμα (seed) and (living being) and more commonly known as a sperm cell, is the haploid cell that is the male gamete. ...


They are part of the spermatic cords. Male Anatomy The spermatic cord is the name given to the cord-like structure formed by the vas deferens and surrounding tissue (veins, arteries, nerves, and lymphatic vessels) that run from the abdomen down to each testicle. ...


Function in ejaculation

During ejaculation the smooth muscle in the wall of the vas deferens contracts reflexively, thus propelling the sperm forward. The sperm are transferred from the ductus deferens into the urethra, collecting fluids from the male accessory sex glands en route. Ejaculation is the ejecting of semen from the penis, and is usually accompanied by orgasm. ...


Significance in contraception

The procedure of deferentectomy, popularly known as a vasectomy, is a method of contraception in which the vasa deferentia (Latin plural) are permanently cut, though in some cases it can be reversed. A modern variation, which is also popularly known as a vasectomy even though it does not include cutting the vas, involves injecting an obstructive material into the ductus to block the flow of sperm. Vasectomy is a permanent birth control method. ...


Blood supply

The Vas deferens is mainly supplied by an artery accompanying it (artery of vas deferens). This artery normally arise from either the superior vesical artery or the inferior vesical artery. Both these arteries arose from the internal iliac artery.

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The intra vas device is a proposed contraceptive device for men, analogous to the IUD for women. ... Each seminal vesicle consists of a single tube, coiled upon itself, and giving off several irregular cecal diverticula; the separate coils, as well as the diverticula, are connected together by fibrous tissue. ...

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