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vas deferens: see reproductive system reproductive system, in animals, the anatomical organs concerned with production of offspring. In humans and other mammals the female reproductive system produces the female reproductive cells (the eggs, or ova) and contains an organ in which development of the fetus ..... Click the link for more information. ; vasectomy vasectomy, male sterilization by surgical excision of the vas deferens, the thin duct that carries sperm cells from the testicles to the prostate and the penis. ..... Click the link for more information. . |
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This includes effects on the testis (11,17), efferent ducts (18,19), epididymis and vas deferens (10,11), prostate (20,21), and seminal vesicles (9). In male mice lacking a working copy of the gene, Mullerian ducts persist into adulthood as thin tubes paralleling the epididymis and vas deferens. Doctors usually make a small incision in the vas deferens, where sperm is stored, and aspirate the sperm-containing fluid. |
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