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A tube in the male reproductive system that passes from the epididymis into the abdominal cavity the seminal vesicles vasa efferentia. The two tubes by which sperm leave the epididymis (the “holding area” behind each of the two testes where the sperm mature) to mix with semen and to be released through the ejaculatory duct…

The small nutrient arteries in the walls of the larger blood vessels.  

The duct through which sperm produced in the seminiferous tubules travel to the epididymis. The many small tubes that conduct spermatozoa from the testis to the epididymis. They are derived from some of the excretory tubules of the embryonic mesonephros. Efferent seminal ducts of the testis; these carry semen from the testis to the head…

Varicose vein. The condition of being swollen and twisted. Abnormal condition in which a vein is swollen and tortuous. The state of having varicose veins.  

The organism that causes chicken pox and herpes zoster. A herpes virus that causes chickenpox and shingles. Member of the herpes virus family that is responsible for varicella (chicken pox) and herpes zoster (shingles). The virus that causes shingles, also known as herpes zoster.  

Resistance that varies in proportion to the force exerted.  

In conditioning, reinforcement supplied according to a variable pattern of responses variable interval schedule.  

In conditioning, reinforcement supplied after sporadic or unpredictable intervals of time, variable ratio schedule.  

A conscious, calculated reaction resulting from one’s experience, invariable behavior; adaptive behavior.  

A heart defect characterized by the fusing of the leaflets of the valve at the entrance of the pulmonary artery causing a reduction of the flow of blood from the right ventricle to the lungs.