Epididymis
"Epididymis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The convoluted cordlike structure attached to the posterior of the TESTIS. Epididymis consists of the head (caput), the body (corpus), and the tail (cauda). A network of ducts leaving the testis joins into a common epididymal tubule proper which provides the transport, storage, and maturation of SPERMATOZOA.
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D004822
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A05.360.444.371
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2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1999 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1990 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1988 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Epididymis" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Lee MO, Li J, Davis BW, Upadhyay S, Al Muhisen HM, Suva LJ, Clement TM, Andersson L. Hmga2 deficiency is associated with allometric growth retardation, infertility, and behavioral abnormalities in mice. G3 (Bethesda). 2022 02 04; 12(2).
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Abdelatty AM, Badr OAM, Mohamed SA, Khattab MS, Dessouki SM, Farid OAA, Elolimy AA, Sakr OG, Elhady MA, Mehesen G, Bionaz M. Long term conjugated linoleic acid supplementation modestly improved growth performance but induced testicular tissue apoptosis and reduced sperm quality in male rabbit. PLoS One. 2020; 15(1):e0226070.
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Lipkie TE, Janasch A, Cooper BR, Hohman EE, Weaver CM, Ferruzzi MG. Quantification of vitamin D and 25-hydroxyvitamin D in soft tissues by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2013 Aug 01; 932:6-11.
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