What is "paroophoron"

Paroophoron \Par`o*["o]ph"o*ron\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? (see Para-) + ? an egg + fe`rein to bear.] (Anat.) A small mass of tubules near the ovary in some animals, and corresponding with the parepididymis of the male.

n. (context anatomy English) A small mass of tubules near the ovary in some animals, corresponding with the parepididymis of the male.

The paroophoron (of Johnson) consists of a few scattered rudimentary tubules, best seen in the child, situated in the broad ligament between the epoöphoron and the uterus. Named for the Welsh anatomist David Johnson who originally described the structure at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

It is a remnant of the mesonephric tubules.