Fields- formation of female reproductive system Flashcards
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germ cells develop in ______ and migrate to genital ridge to develop into gametes
yolk sac
____ can develop into germ cell tumors
germ cells
+ LDH and +AFP; endoderm, mesoderm, ectoderm
Teratoma
+AFP and bhCG
embryonal carcinoma
+AFP
Yolk Sac tumor
+bhCG
choriocarcinoma
+LDH, AFP, bhCG (testis)
most common testicular cancer
seminoma
+LDH, AFP, bhCG (ovaries)
Dysgerminoma
+AFP, bhCG (extragonadal)
germinoma
weeks 1-6
intermediate mesoderm into indifferent gonad
how indifferent gonad turns into testis
Sry gene product (TDF) forms testis and inhibits Dax-1 on x chromosome
how indifferent gonads form ovaries in females
Dax-1 gene is responsible
peritoneum derived/sex cord derived structures in ovaries
follicle/granulosa cells
coelomic epithelium
fibroblast cell derived structure in ovary
theca cells (luteal cells)
how ovaries descend
gubernaculum
paramesonephric duct
Mullerian duct
mesonephric duct
Wolffian duct
remnants of mesonephric/Wolffian duct in female
cysts (gartner’s cyst)
structures of paramesonephric ducts in female
uterus
uterine tube
fimbria
cervix
upper 2/3rd of vagina
UG sinus in female
lower 1/3rd of vagina, vulva, urethra
UG sinus in male
bladder, prostate, urethra
paramesonephric duct body folding and fuse with uterus and uterine tube
uterus development
failure of paramesonephric duct to fuse
uterine anomalies
uterus didelphys