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What embryological layer do the nephrogenic cord and urogenital ridge arise from?

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Intermediate Mesoderm

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What gives rise to the primary sex cords?

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Coelomic epithelium

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What primordial germ cells does the coelomic epithelium give rise to?

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Sertoli cells, seminiferous cords

Follicle cells

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What primordial germ cells does the intermediate mesoderm give rise to?

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Interstitial/Leydig cells, Tunica Albuginea

Thecal cells

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What week does sexual differentiation begin?

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Week 7

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What week can female and male genitalia be recognized?

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Week 12

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In what week is phenotypic differentiation of the genitalia complete?

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Week 20

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What does the paramesonephric duct give rise to?

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Female internal genitalia:

Oviduct

Uterine tubes

Uterovaginal primordium (Uterus and Upper Vagina)

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What does the mesonephric duct give rise to?

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Male internal genitalia:

Epididymis

Vas Deferens

Seminal vesicle

Ejaculatory duct

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What is the mesonephric duct also known as?

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Wolffian Duct

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What is the paramesonephric duct also known as?

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Mullerian duct

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What does the intermediate mesoderm of the urogenital ridge give rise to?

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Mesonephric and paramesonephric ducts

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What is the sex-determining region of the Y chromosome?

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SRY gene

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What does the SRY gene induce Leydig cells to do?

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Produce testosterone => Persistent mesonephric ducts => DHT => +Male external Genitalia

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What does the SRY gene induce Sertoli cells to do?

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Produce AMH => degenerate paramesonephric ducts => - female external genitalia

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In what week does gametogenesis occur?

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Week 2

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What do the primary sex cords give rise to?

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Medulla of gonads

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What cells does the Allantois/Yolk sac endoderm contain? In what weeks?

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Primordial germ cells from epiblast

Weeks 3 and 4

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In week 5, what are the primordial germ cells doing?

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Migrating through dorsal mesentery

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In week 6, what are the primordial germ cells doing?

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Colonizing primary sex cords

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Oogenesis is the increase in oogonia by what type of cell division?

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Mitosis

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In what prenatal month is the number of oogonia the largest?

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5th prenatal month

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At what cell division stage is the oocyte arrested at ovulation?

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Meiosis I

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At what cell division stage is the oocyte arrested at fertilization?

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Meiosis II

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What is the central event of sex determination?
Genetic differentiation (XX and XY) Differentiation of Testes
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What are the secondary events of sex determination?
Production of humoral factors by gonads (release of testosterone, estrogen) to produce phenotypic differentiation
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What is the activator of the SRY gene?
Testis-determining Factor (TDF)
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Pt with Ovotesticular DSD will present with what?
True gonadal intersex - both testicular and ovarian tissue, ovotestis Male or female phenotype with ambiguous external genitalia
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What DSD can be caused by exposure of a female fetus to excessive androgens?
46, XX DSD
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How will 46XX DSD present?
Normal female internal genitalia Masculinized external genitalia - clitoral hypertrophy, partial fusion of labia majora, persistent urogenital sinus
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Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia is a deficiency in what enzyme? What does it cause?
Deficient 21-Hydroxylase Causes reduction in cortisol and excess production of androgens =\> Masculinized external genitalia
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Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia is an example of what kind of DSD?
46,XX DSD
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An inadequate production of testosterone or AMH can result in what kind of DSD?
46XY DSD
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How may a pt with 46XY DSD present?
Rudimentary to normal testicular development Persistent paramesonephric ducts Female/Ambiguous external genitalia
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What kind of syndrome would a patient have if they present with a blind end vagina, absent uterus, and no menstruation?
Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
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What is the genotype and phenotype of a patient with Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome?
46 XY, present testes Normal external female genitalia, breast development, and female characteristics No menstruation, uterus/uterine tubes
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A 5a-reductase deficiency would result in what?
(Inability to convert testosterone to DHT) Normal internal male genitalia Ambiguous External genitalia
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In what week does the gonadal ridge appear on the medial side of the mesonephros?
Week 5
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What do the secondary sex cords give rise to?
Cortex of gonads: Primordial follicles Granulosa cells
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What do the mesonephric tubules give rise to?
Rete testes Efferent ductules
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What is the prostatic utricle an embryological remnant of?
Paramesonephric duct (NOT MESONEPHRIC)
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Appendix testis is an embryological remnant of what?
Paramesonephric duct (Not mesonephric)
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Appendix epididymis is an embryological remnant of what?
Mesonephric duct (not paramesonephric)
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How is the sinus tubercle formed?
Projection of paramesonephric ducts to the urogenital sinus (bladder)
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Embryological remnants of the mesonephric duct in females?
Epophoron (closer to ovary) Paroophoron (closer to uterus) Gartner's cyst (lateral wall of vagina)
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What layer are the sinovaginal bulbs derived from?
Endoderm
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What failed in Uterus Didelphys?
Paramesonephric ducts did not fuse, formation of L and R uterus
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What failed in Uterus Arcuatus?
Milder form of incomplete paramesonephric duct fusion
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What failed in Uterus Bicornis?
Incomplete Paramesonephric duct fusion
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What failed in Uterus Bicornis Unicoilis?
Atrophy of paramesonephric duct =\> no fusion
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What failed in Cervical Atresia?
Caudal paramesonephric duct atrophy =\> Blind end vagina, unable to shed uterine lining =\> abdominal pain
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What failed in vaginal atresia?
Failure of sinovaginal bulbs and vaginal plate to form =\> no vaginal canal
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What is the embryological origin of the bladder and the urethra?
Hindgut endoderm
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In males, what does the pelvic part of the urogenital sinus give rise to?
Prostate
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What does the phallic part of the urogenital sinus give rise to?
Bulbourethral glands
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What layer gives rise to the smooth muscle and connective tissue of the prostate and bulbourethral glands?
Splanchnic mesoderm
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What influences male external genitalia to form?
Dihydrotestosterone (DHT)
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What does the genital tubercle give rise to?
Glans penis Glans clitoris
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What do the urethral (urogenital) folds give rise to?
M: Lateral walls of urethra, spongy urethra, penile raphe F: Frenulum of labia minora
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What do the labioscrotal swellings give rise to?
Scrotum Labium majus, mons pubis
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What failed in glandular hypospadia?
Incomplete fusion of the urogenital folds/dysfunctional development of navicular fossa Ventral
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What failed in penile hypospadia?
Incomplete fusion of urogenital folds on the shaft of the penis ventral side
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What failed in periscrotal hypospadia?
Lack of fusion of the labioscrotal swellings
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What failed in epispadias?
Improper location of genital tubercles to cloacal membrane Dorsal Associated with bladder exstrophy (protrusion through abdominal wall)
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What embryological layer does the suspensory ligament arise from?
Mesoderm
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What does the ovarian ligament arise from?
Cranial part of gubernaculum
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What does the caudal part of the gubernaculum give rise to?
Round Ligment of the uterus
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Homologs of mesonephric tubules
M: Efferent ductules F: Epoophoron, paroophoron
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Homologs of mesonephric duct
M: Ductus deferens, seminal vesicle, ejaculatory duct F: Duct of epoophoron, duct of paroophoron, Gartner's cyst
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Homologs of Paramesonephric duct
M: Prostatic utricle F: Uterine tube, uterus, superior 1/3 of vagina
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Homologs of urogenital sinus
M: Bladder, urethra, prostate, bulbourethral gland F: Bladder, urethra, inferior 2/3 of vagina, greater and lesser vestibular glands, vagina, vestibule, hymen
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Homologs of genital swellings
M: Scrotum F: Labia Majora
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Homologs of urethral folds
M: Floor of spongy urethra F: Labia Minora
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Homologs of gubernaculum
M: Gubernaculum testis F: Ovarian L., Round L. of the Uterus

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