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verumontanum

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verumontanum /ve·ru·mon·ta·num/ (ver″u-mon-ta´num) seminal colliculus.
colliculus [kŏ-lik´u-lus] (pl. colli´culi) (L.)
1. a small elevation.
2. either of the two pairs of rounded eminences in the midbrain concerned with visual and auditory reflexes.
seminal colliculus a prominent portion of the male urethral crest, on which are the opening of the prostatic utricle and, on either side of it, the orifices of the ejaculatory ducts; called also verumontanum.

verumontanum
see seminal colliculus.


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Subsequent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the pelvis (Figures 3 and 4) confirmed the ultrasound findings, which depicted the midline position of the cyst, posterior to the bladder and extending superiorly from the verumontanum and the base of the prostate.
Verumontanum mucosal gland hyperplasia (VMGH) is a newly recognized, benign, small glandular proliferation occurring in or adjacent to the verumontanum and posterior prostatic urethra (Figure 1).
At least 10 to 20 prostate ducts open within the urethra, in an area known as the verumontanum.
 
 
 
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