The prostate gland is a partly muscular, partly glandular body that is situated near the base of the mammalian male urethra and secretes an alkaline viscid fluid which is a major constituent of the ejaculatory fluid. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostate http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0030850 ]
Synonyms: prostate male prostate
Term information
- EFO:0000858
- galen:ProstateGland
- EV:0100104
- Wikipedia:Prostate
- UMLS:C0033572 (ncithesaurus:Prostate_Gland)
- GAID:392
- NCIT:C12410
- EMAPA:19287
- MA:0000404
- BTO:0001129
- CALOHA:TS-0828
- VHOG:0001261
- MAT:0000078
- SCTID:181422007
- MIAA:0000078
- MESH:D011467
- FMA:9600
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, organ_slim, major_organ, human_reference_atlas
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Prostatelead.jpg
https://cdn.humanatlas.io/digital-objects/ref-organ/prostate-male/v1.2/assets/3d-vh-m-prostate.glb
Term relations
- mixed endoderm/mesoderm-derived structure
- male accessory sex gland
- develops from some prostate bud
- in taxon some Mammalia
- epithelial cell of prostate
- lobe of prostate
- prostate stromal cell
- prostate stem cell
- endocrine-paracrine cell of prostate gland
- connective tissue of prostate gland
- prostate gland microvascular endothelial cell
- muscle tissue of prostate
- coagulating gland
- prostate epithelium
- prostatic venous plexus
- smooth muscle cell of prostate
- prostate gland smooth muscle
- prostate glandular acinus
- prostate gland stroma
- central zone of prostate
- peripheral zone of prostate
- transition zone of prostate
- striated muscle tissue of prostate
- prostate duct
- apex of prostate
- surface of prostate
- prostatic capsule
- base of prostate
- inferolateral surface of prostate
- prostate luminal epithelium