mesonephros
[mez-uh-nef-ros, mes-, mee-zuh-, -suh-]
- 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.
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Compare metanephros, pronephros.
Origin of mesonephros
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The Wolffian body, which may be also called the mesonephros.
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The mesonephros of the larva disappears, and a fresh posterior part is formed.
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While the lumen is gradually being formed, the segmental tubes of the mesonephros become established.
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The segmental tubes of the mesonephros undergo further important changes.
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Owing to the formation of the accessory tubuli the segments of the mesonephros acquire a compound character.
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mesonephros
- the middle part of the embryonic kidney in vertebrates, becoming the adult kidney in fishes and amphibians and the epididymis in reptiles, birds, and mammalsSee also pronephros, metanephros
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Word Origin
C19: New Latin, from meso- + Greek nephros kidney
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mesonephros
(mĕz′ə-nĕf′rəs, -rŏs′)- The second of the three excretory organs that develop in a vertebrate embryo, replaced by the metanephros in higher vertebrates.wolffian body
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