gubernaculum (English, noun)
expansion: gubernaculum (plural gubernacula)
Senses:
topics: embryology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A part or structure that serves as a guide:
Either of a pair of folds of peritoneum which connects the caudal end of the fetal testis with the bottom of the scrotum in a male fetus, and by failing to elongate in proportion to the rest of the fetus causes the descent of the testis into the scrotum; or an analogous cord of connective tissue attached to the ovary in a female fetus, which is the precursor of the round and ovarian ligaments.
topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: A part or structure that serves as a guide:
(more fully gubernaculum dentis) A cord or sheath of connective tissue that connects the sac of an unerupted permanent tooth with the surface of the gum.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A part or structure that serves as a guide:
The reproductive tract of an invertebrate, or part of it; especially the section containing the gonophores (in a hydrozoan); a sclerotized structure in the cloaca (in a nematode).
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A part or structure that serves as a guide:
(rare) A trailing flagellum in certain protists used for steering.
Forms:
form: gubernacula
tags: plural
form: gubernaculum testis
tags: alternative
form: gubernaculum dentis
tags: alternative