paradidymis /para·did·y·mis/ (-did´ĭ-mis) a group of several convoluted tubules in the anterior part of the spermatic cord; probably a remnant of the mesonephros.
paradidymis
paradidymis [par″ah-did´ĭ-mis]
par·a·did·y·mis (p r  -d d -ms)n. A small body, sometimes attached to the front of the lower part of the spermatic cord, above the head of the epididymis, composed of the remnants of tubules of the mesonephros. Also called parepididymis. |
paradidymis
[per′ədid′imis] pl. paradidymides
Etymology: Gk, para + epi, above, didymos, twin
a rudimentary structure in the male, situated on the spermatic cord of the epididymis, that consists of vestigial remains of the caudal part of the embryonic mesonephric tubules. A similar vestigial structure, the paroophoron, is found in the female. Also called organ of Giraldes, parepididymis. See also appendix epididymidis.
paradidymis [par″ah-did´ĭ-mis]
a small, vestigial structure found occasionally in the adult in the anterior part of the spermatic cord.
paradidymis
remnants of mesonephric tubules sometimes found as a small body near the head of the epididymis.
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