FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
CV Term Report
Help Close All Open All
General Information
Term genital chamber ID (Ontology) FBbt:00004925 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition An elongate muscular pouch, the anterior part of which is the uterus, where eggs are fertilized, and the posterior part of which is the vagina, where insemination takes place during copulation (McQueen et al., 2022). It opens posteriorly through the vulva (McQueen et al., 2022).[ FlyBase:FBrf0007735 FlyBase:FBrf0253444 ]
Comment
Links to External Ontologies
Annotations
Records annotated with this term OR any of its CHILD TERMS
Records annotated with this exact term (annotations to child terms are NOT included)
Data Class Field Records
Alleles (FBal)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN       1
Insertions (FBti)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN       1
show Full annotation statements including this term (annotations to child terms are NOT included), and relevant FlyBase records
 Full annotation statements 
Relevant FlyBase reports
 Alleles Genes Images Insertions
 genital chamber (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       1      2      3      1
Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)
Only view relationship: 
organism
 |__adult______________________________
reproductive system                    |
 |__female reproductive system_________|
anatomical structure                   |
 |__multicellular structure____________|
female organism                        |
 |__female-specific anatomical entity__|
ectodermal derivative                  |
 |__ventral ectoderm derivative________|
female-specific anatomical entity      |
 |__female reproductive system_________|
anatomical entity                      |
 |__female-specific anatomical entity__|
                                       genital chamber  43 rec.
                                        |__uterus 41 rec.
                                        |   |__uterine anterior projection
                                        |   |__uterine anterodorsal pouch
                                        |   |__uterine anteroventral pouch
                                        |   |__uterine circular muscle cell 1 rec.
                                        |   |__uterine epithelium(+)
                                        |   |__uterine furca(+)
                                        |   |__uterine posteroventral intima
                                        |__vagina
                                            |__vaginal furca(+)
Spanning Tree View Settings
Parents/Children
View Depth
Show hierarchy levels: for parents, for children
hide Relationships
Is a ventral ectoderm derivative
female-specific anatomical entity
multicellular structure
Develops from female genital disc
Part of adult
female reproductive system
hide Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
Secondary IDs
hide External Crossreferences & Linkouts