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. [ https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/1405 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spermatheca ]
Term information
- MIAA:0000168
- TGMA:0000560
- BTO:0001273
- Wikipedia:Spermatheca
- MAT:0000168
- HAO:0000945
- EFO:0000977
- FBbt:00004921 (ManualMappingCuration)
- WBbt:0005319
uberon_slim, efo_slim, dubious_grouping
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
- organ
- reproductive structure
- part of some gonad
- in taxon some (not Euarchontoglires)
- in taxon some Bilateria