Talk:Mesonephric duct

Move to "mesonephric duct"
I suggest this article be moved to "mesonephric duct". I know "Wolffian duct" gives slightly more google results, and therefore is slightly more commonly used. However, mesonephric duct is more descriptive when comparing with other ducts, e.g. the paramesonephric duct, or the final "nephric" duct. In short, it is a better name. Mikael Häggström 17:40, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

As a non-expert, I would say that sounds logical.

IceDragon64 (talk) 00:40, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Female Development
Surely the ducts do not both develop and wither? Is it not fail to develop and wither?

IceDragon64 (talk) 00:43, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Origin of Prostate
According to 6th edition of Moore and Persaud "Before we are born - Essentials of Embryology and Birth Defacts", the prostate is NOT derived from the mesonephric duct (as stated in the article), but rather the urogenital sinus. Anybody know what's correct?

(Grillspyd (talk) 08:47, 27 May 2008 (UTC))

Histology
Please add comments on histology too —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.183.151.172 (talk) 04:33, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Proposed merge with Wolffian system
I propose this (more appropriate) merge because:
 * A lot of content is duplicated between the two articles
 * 'Wolffian structures' is shorthand for structures derived from the Mesonephric duct (which, as it states, serves as the anlange for these structures)
 * It is needlessly fragmented to have two separate articles covering the same topic, per WP:FORK
 * Merging the content will benefit readers, by reducing needless fragmentation, centralising content, and providing a greater outline, with context, of the content in the resulting article LT910001 (talk) 23:52, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

With no objections I have completed this merge. I hope that by centralising this duplication into this single page the article will receive more attention and continue to improve.--LT910001 (talk) 07:22, 14 May 2014 (UTC)


 * LT910001, did you consider which of these titles is more common -- "Wolffian system" or "Mesonephric duct -- per WP:Common name and MEDMOS? The "Wolffian duct" and "Mesonephric duct" are showing themselves as interchangeable in some sources, but I wonder a bit about the interchangeability of "Wolffian system." Also, it's worth noting that Encyclopædia Britannica has an article on Wolffian duct and on Mesonephric duct. I know that we don't have to copy Encyclopædia Britannica; just pointing out those articles. Flyer22 (talk) 07:57, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I didn't note that, however there are already several Wolffian articles which point towards the mesonephric duct, and we also have the article titled paramesonephric duct, which is why I proposed a merge in that direction. However per n-gram I appear to be in the wrong on this: . If we make a change, it will have to involve several articles to make sure that we are consistent, and we may need to consult the archives to see if there was a previous debate over their names. If there is consensus, then we will need to conduct a move over redirect. Because of the effort involved and the lack of clarity I'd be happy to maintain the status quo, but I am not too fussed either way. What are your thoughts? --LT910001 (talk) 08:03, 14 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Hmm, LT910001, maybe address this at WP:MED for wider input? These matters concern medical aspects as well, which is why they are tagged above on the talk page as being in Portal:Medicine. And, as you know, WP:MED has a lot more talk page watchers, and is generally more active, than WP:Anatomy. Flyer22 (talk) 23:24, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Good idea, I think this would benefit from a wider audience. I'm a little busy today, so would you mind if I draft a response and post it on the weekend?--LT910001 (talk) 10:34, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Posted here: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Anatomy --LT910001 (talk) 11:54, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

Origin of mesonephric duct
That's the question I wanted answered and this article didn't help me. --Waqqashanafi (talk) 16:29, 20 January 2016 (UTC)