| Name: | pronephric duct |
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| Synonyms: | pronephric ducts |
| Definition: | Duct of the embryonic kidney, present bilaterally ventral to the somites and leading to the cloacal chamber. Wingert et al. have suggested that the pronephric duct as described traditionally may consist of subregions which are analogous to portions of the tubule segment of mammalian and other fish nephrons. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000150] |
| Name: | anatomical structure |
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| Definition: | Material anatomical entity that is a single connected structure with inherent 3D shape generated by coordinated expression of the organism's own genome. |
| Ontology: | Spatial Ontology [CARO:0000003] |