VAN 211: Veterinary Histology and Embryology (2+2)

GENITAL DUCTS

• The male does not elaborate any ducts intended primarily for its own purposes. With the degeneration of the mesonephros it merely appropriates the mesonephric ducts and some to the mesonephric tubules and converts them into genital canals (mesonephric duct becomes, the duct of epididymis, ductus deferens and ureter and pelvis while the cranial group of mesonephric tubules become efferent ductules of epididymis. Seminal vesicle arises from the mesonephric duct).
• In the female, the mesonephric ducts mostly degenetrate, except for ureter, pelvis and some vestigial remnants.