Wolffian Ducts
Synonyms
Duct, Mesonephric
Duct, Wolffian
Ducts, Gartner
Ducts, Gartner's
Ducts, Mesonephric
Ducts, Wolffian
Gartner Ducts
Gartner's Ducts
Gartners Ducts
Mesonephric Duct
Mesonephric Ducts
Wolffian Duct
A pair of excretory ducts of the middle kidneys (MESONEPHROI) of an embryo, also called mesonephric ducts. In higher vertebrates, Wolffian ducts persist in the male forming VAS DEFERENS, but atrophy into vestigial structures in the female.