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mesonephros

/mez-uh-nef-ros, mes-, mee-zuh-, -suh-/US // ˌmɛz əˈnɛf rɒs, ˌmɛs-, ˌmi zə-, -sə- //UK // (ˌmɛsəʊˈnɛfrɒs) //

中轴线,弥勒佛,中轴心,中轴

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural mes·o·neph·roi [mez-uh-nef-roi, mes-, mee-zuh-, -suh-]. /ˌmɛz əˈnɛf rɔɪ, ˌmɛs-, ˌmi zə-, -sə-/. Embryology.

    • : one of the three embryonic excretory organs of vertebrates, becoming the functional kidney of fishes and amphibians and becoming part of the tubules or ductules in the reproductive systems of higher vertebrates.

Examples

  • The Wolffian body, which may be also called the mesonephros.

  • The different parts do not, however, appear to have the same morphological significance as those in the mesonephros.

  • It may be noted that in Lepidosteus the whole pronephros has exactly the character of a single segmental tube of the mesonephros.

  • The mesonephros of the larva disappears, and a fresh posterior part is formed.

  • Owing to the formation of the accessory tubuli the segments of the mesonephros acquire a compound character.

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