See Also: metanephric diverticulum(medicine)
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metanephric diverticulum (medicine)


metanephric diverticulum


An outgrowth from the caudal portion of the mesonephric duct on either side, which grows cephalodorsally to make contact with the masses of metanephrogenous tissue (nephric blastemas) that give rise to the epithelial lining of the ureter and of the pelvis and the collecting ducts of the kidney.