vas : Idioms & Phrases


Vas deferens

  • noun a duct that carries spermatozoa from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct
    ductus deferens.
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  • ; pl. Vasa deferentia. L. vas vessel + deferens carrying down. (Anat.) The excretory duct of a testicle; a spermatic duct.
Webster 1913

vasa brevis

  • noun several small arteries branching off of the splenic artery and going to the greater curvature of the stomach
    short gastric artery; arteria gastrica breves.
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vasa efferentia

  • noun the several highly convoluted tubules that lead from the rete testis to the vas deferens and form the head of the epididymis
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vasa vasorum

  • noun any small blood vessel ramifying on the outside of a major artery or vein
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