Wolff
[vawlf; English woo lf]
- Chris·ti·an von [kris-tee-ahn fuh n] /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn fən/, Baron.Also Wolf.1679–1754, German philosopher and mathematician.
- Kas·par Frie·drich [kahs-pahr free-drikh] /ˈkɑs pɑr ˈfri drɪx/, 1733–94, German anatomist and physiologist.
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Openings of ureters in Wolffian duct in the female (fig. 3).
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Ventrally it is closed in by the dorsal wall of the Wolffian duct.
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The Wolffian body, which may be also called the mesonephros.
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In the Amniota, at all events, they are processes of a special longitudinal ridge known as the Wolffian ridge.
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The fact that the Mllerian duct serves as oviduct, and the Wolffian duct as vas deferens.
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Wolffian
- Relating to or described by Kaspar Friedrich Wolff.
Wolff
(vôlf)
- German anatomist noted for his pioneering work in embryology. His chief work, Theoria Generationis (1759), refuted the theory of preformation, which held that the embryo is a fully formed miniature adult.
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