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prostatic utricle

a minute pouch in the prostate that opens on the summit of the seminal colliculus; it is analogous to the uterus and vagina in the female, being the remains of the fused caudal ends of the paramesonephric ducts.

Synonym(s): utriculus prostaticus TA, masculine uterus, Morgagni sinus 2, sinus pocularis, vagina masculina, vesica prostatica, Weber organ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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