bursal canal

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NAME:

  bursal canal


DEFINITON:

  The passageway connecting the genital atrium to the copulatory bursa. Part of the copulatory apparatus. During mating, sperm from a partner is deposited into the bursal canal, where it collects in the copulatory bursa before travelling up the oviducts to the tuba.


TERM DEFINITION CITATIONS:

  PMID:22074376


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TERM ID:

  PLANA:0000201


ABOUT THIS TERM:

bursal canal

  ↳is a material entity and tissue

  ↳contained in ventral region of the whole animal, copulatory region and posterior region of the whole animal

  ↳existence overlaps juvenile stage and adult hermaphrodite

  ↳existence starts during or after juvenile stage

  ↳part of copulatory apparatus


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