vas : Idioms & Phrases
Vas deferens
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noun a duct that carries spermatozoa from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct
ductus deferens.
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pl. Vasa deferentia .L. vas vessel +deferens carrying down.(Anat.) The excretory duct of a testicle; a spermatic duct.
Webster 1913
vasa brevis
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noun several small arteries branching off of the splenic artery and going to the greater curvature of the stomach
short gastric artery; arteria gastrica breves.
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vasa efferentia
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noun the several highly convoluted tubules that lead from the rete testis to the vas deferens and form the head of the epididymis
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vasa vasorum
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noun any small blood vessel ramifying on the outside of a major artery or vein