vasa efferentia

1. 1.

   the several highly convoluted tubules that lead from the rete testis to the vas deferens and form the head of the epididymis

   Broadertubule

   Part ofepididymis

Questions about vasa efferentia

What does vasa efferentia mean?

vasa efferentia means "the several highly convoluted tubules that lead from the rete testis to the vas deferens and form the head of the epididymis".

Is vasa efferentia a common word?

vasa efferentia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.