Gross dissection of three lobes of the rat prostate.
1987
C Lee
Department of Urology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611.
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D008297
Male
Males
D011467
Prostate
A gland in males that surrounds the neck of the URINARY BLADDER and the URETHRA. It secretes a substance that liquefies coagulated semen. It is situated in the pelvic cavity behind the lower part of the PUBIC SYMPHYSIS, above the deep layer of the triangular ligament, and rests upon the RECTUM.
Prostates
D004210
Dissection
The separation and isolation of tissues for surgical purposes, or for the analysis or study of their structures.
Dissections
D000818
Animals
Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.