An organ of the female reproductive tract that functions to receive and store sperm from the male, and can sometimes be the site of fertilization when the oocytes are ready. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spermatheca https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/1405 ]
Term information
- WBbt:0005319
- EFO:0000977
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spermatheca
- BTO:0001273
- HAO:0000945
- MAT:0000168
- FBbt:00004921
- TGMA:0000560
- MIAA:0000168
uberon_slim, efo_slim, dubious_grouping
- An organ of the female reproductive tract that functions to receive and store sperm from the male, and can sometimes be the site of fertilization when the oocytes are ready.
- uberon
- receptaculum seminis
- seminal receptacle
- spermatheca
- spermathecae
- UBERON:0000994
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_314146
- Some species have multiple spermathecae, as seen in earthworms, where four pairs of spermathecae are present. One pair in 6,7,8 and 9 segments. They receive and store the spermatozoa of another earthworm during copulation
Term relations
- anatomical entity
- organ
- reproductive structure
- only in taxon some Bilateria
- part of some gonad
- in taxon some (not Euarchontoglires)