seminal colliculus (redirected from Colliculus seminalis)

colliculus /col·lic·u·lus/ (kah-lik´u-lus) pl. colli´culi   [L.] a small elevation.

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seminal colliculus , colliculus semina´lis verumontanum; a portion of the male urethral crest on which are the openings of the prostatic utricle and the ejaculatory ducts.

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seminal colliculus

n.

An elevated portion of the urethral crest upon which the two ejaculatory ducts and the prostatic utricle open.

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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.

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seminal

emanating from or pertaining to semen.

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seminal colliculus

see seminal colliculus.

seminal fluid

some of the fluid originates in the testis but most is contributed by the various sex glands, the amount and the composition from each gland varying between species.

seminal glands

see seminal vesicle.

seminal peritonitis

peritonitis caused by rupture of the vagina by the stallion during mating, or of the cow's uterus by the inseminator; causes a low-grade, chronic peritonitis in the caudal abdomen.

seminal plasma

the liquid supernatant after sedimentation or centrifugation of semen.

seminal vesicle

see seminal vesicle.

seminal vesiculitis

inflammation of the seminal vesicles.