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Definition of Rete testis
1. Noun. Network of tubules carrying sperm from the seminiferous tubules to the vasa efferentia.
Group relationships: Ball, Ballock, Bollock, Egg, Nut, Orchis, Testicle, Testis
Definition of Rete testis
1. Noun. (anatomy) A hilar testicular network that collects produced sperm from the seminiferous tubules, and connects with the efferent ducts. ¹
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Medical Definition of Rete testis
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Rete Testis
Literary usage of Rete testis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Laboratory manual and text-book of embryology by Charles William Prentiss (1922)
"of the rete testis. Two or three layers of loosely arranged cells between the
... Toward the rete testis the sheaths of the testis cords unite to form the ..."
2. Principles of Human Physiology: With Their Chief Applications to Pathology by William Benjamin Carpenter, Meredith Clymer (1843)
"The convolutions of the tubuli are so arranged, that each lobule forms a sort of
cone, the apex of which is directed towards the rete testis. ..."
3. A Practical treatise on the diseases of the testis, and of the spermatic by Thomas Blizard Curling (1856)
"... from one to two lines, where two or more unite to form a single straight duct,
termed vas rectum, which joins the rete testis at a right angle (a2, a2). ..."
4. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1921)
"They enter the mediastinum and join the rete testis. ... They leave the upper
part of the rete testis, and pass into the caput epididymidis. ..."
5. Elements of Physiology by Joh. Müller (1843)
"The rete testis occupies a great portion of the upper border of the organ; it
commences a ... The rete testis consists of from seven to thirteen vessels, ..."
6. A Text-book of Histology by Frederick Randolph Bailey (1904)
"THE TUBULES OF THE rete testis.—These are irregular canals which vary greatly in
shape and size. They are lined with a single layer of low cuboidal or flat ..."