Structure of the pelvic and penile urethra - Relationship with the ducts of the sex accessory glands of the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus)

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 202, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 431-444

  Pinheiro, Patricia Fernanda Felipe ^a   Almeida, C C D ^a   Segatelli, T M ^a   Martinez, M ^b   Padovani, C R ^a   Martinez, F E ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Male urogenital system; Morphology; Rodents

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; ALBINISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BULBOURETHRAL GLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW KINETICS; GERBIL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RAT; REPRODUCTION; RODENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMINAL VESICLE; TISSUE STRUCTURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; URETHRA; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALIA; GERBILLINAE; MERIONES; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0037960043     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.2003.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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