seminal vesicle

vesicle /ves·i·cle/ (ves´ĭ-k'l)

1. a small bladder or sac containing liquid.

2. a small circumscribed elevation of the epidermis containing a serous fluid; a small blister.

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acrosomal vesicle  a membrane-bounded vacuolelike structure which spreads over the upper two-thirds of the head of a spermatozoon to form the head cap.

auditory vesicle  otic v.

blastodermic vesicle  blastocyst.

brain vesicles , cephalic vesicles, cerebral vesicles the five divisions of the closed neural tube in the head of the developing embryo, including the telencephalon, diencephalon, mesencephalon, metencephalon, and myelencephalon.

chorionic vesicle  see under sac.

encephalic vesicles  brain v's.

germinal vesicle  the fluid-filled nucleus of an oocyte toward the end of prophase of its first meiotic division.

lens vesicle  a vesicle formed from the lens pit of the embryo, developing into the crystalline lens.

matrix vesicles  small membrane-limited structures at sites of calcification of the cartilage matrix.

olfactory vesicle 

1. the vesicle in the embryo that later develops into the olfactory bulb and tract.

2. a bulbous expansion at the distal end of an olfactory cell, from which the olfactory hairs project.

optic vesicle  an evagination on either side of the forebrain of the early embryo, from which the percipient parts of the eye develop.

otic vesicle  a detached ovoid sac formed by closure of the otic pit in embryonic development of the external ear.

primary brain vesicles  the three earliest subdivisions of the embryonic neural tube, including the prosencephalon, mesencephalon, and rhombencephalon.

secondary brain vesicles  the five brain vesicles formed by specialization of the prosencephalon (telencephalon and diencephalon), mesencephalon, and rhombencephalon (metencephalon and myelencephalon) in later embryonic development.

seminal vesicle  either of the paired sacculated pouches attached to the posterior urinary bladder; the duct of each joins the ipsilateral ductus deferens to form the ejaculatory duct.

Vesicula seminalis (seminal vesicle) in a median sagittal section of the male urogenital organs.

umbilical vesicle  the pear-shaped expansion of the mammalian yolk sac growing out into the cavity of the chorion, joined to the midgut by the yolk stalk.

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seminal vesicle

n.

Either of a pair of pouchlike glands situated on each side of the male urinary bladder that secrete seminal fluid and nourish and promote the movement of spermatozoa through the urethra. Also called gonecyst, seminal gland.

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seminal vesicle,

either of the paired saclike glandular structures posterolateral to the urinary bladder in the male and functioning as part of the reproductive system. Each sac is pyramidal in shape and convoluted in appearance and at the anterior extremity becomes constricted into a narrow straight duct that joins the vas deferens to form the ejaculatory duct. The seminal vesicles produce a fluid that is added to the secretion of the testes and other glands to form the semen.

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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.