An external organ of a male organism that is specialized to deliver sperm during copulation. Intromittent organs are found most often in terrestrial species, as most aquatic species fertilize their eggs externally, although there are exceptions[WP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intromittent_organ ]
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Term information
database
cross reference
- TAO:0002036
- HAO:0000091
- AAO:0010255
- TGMA:0000585
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intromittent_organ
- FBbt:00004850
Subsets
grouping_class, organ_slim
curator note
- this is a broad grouping class connecting a number of different analagous organs by their function. We place the insect aedeagus here rather than penis, although this is somewhat arbitrary given the broadness of the current definition
definition
- An external organ of a male organism that is specialized to deliver sperm during copulation. Intromittent organs are found most often in terrestrial species, as most aquatic species fertilize their eggs externally, although there are exceptions[WP].
external definition
- Surface structure that is an external structure of a male organism through which sperm is transferred to a female organism during mating.[TAO]
has narrow synonym
- aedeagus
- penis
has obo namespace
- uberon
has related synonym
- copulatory organ
id
- UBERON:0008811
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