vas deferens
noun
the duct that transports the sperm from the epididymis to the penis.
vasa deferentia
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pluralof vas deferens.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Normally sperm are conveyed toward the outside of the body through ducts, the vasa deferentia.
From Time Magazine Archive
Each opens in a vas deferens which bears three diverticula or vesiculae seminales, and three pairs of cement glands also are found which pour their secretions through a duct into the vasa deferentia.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
These ducts therefore have not their exact counterparts in the Oligochaeta, unless we are to assume that they collectively are represented by the seminal vesicles of earthworms and the vasa deferentia.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
It is not likely that any great number of spermatozoa are released, those that are probably make their way along the vasa deferentia to the ampullæ.
From The Biology, Physiology and Sociology of Reproduction Also Sexual Hygiene with Special Reference to the Male by Winfield Scott Hall
They pass out through short vasa deferentia with internal ciliated funnels, sometimes an enlargement on their course—the seminal vesicles—and a minute external pore situated on the side of the tail.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
