Early Development Flashcards
Where do primordial cells live ?
Yolk sac
What week do primordial cells emerge?
4th week
What week do primordial cells migrate ?
6th week
Where do primordial cells undergo meiosis?
Gonads
What is the importance of meiosis one ?
replication of DNA with crossover
without splitting of centromere
What is the importance of meiosis two ?
centromere splitting
When do the male primordial cells go dormant ?
@ 6th week
How long are the male primordial cells dormant for ?
6th week till puberty
When does meiosis start for males ?
@ puberty
What are the male cells that arise from primordial cells ?
Type A spermatogonia undergo mitoiss = stem ells
Type B spermatogonia undergo meiosis
What type of cell is approaching meiosis one ?
”- gonia” cells
When does female oogonia replicate?
6th week to 4th month
When is there a maximum number of oocytes in a females ?
5th month
When do oogonia enter meiosis one ?
5th month
What are the arrested times of oocytes in the females ?
1st- prophase of meiosis 1 :5 mth
2nd- metaphase of meiosis II : hrs before ovulation
When does meiosis I go to completion ?
during time of menses to form secondary oocyte
How does secondary oocyte go to completion?
With fertilization from sperm
Where do the reproductive organs arise from ?
intermediate mesoderm
What is emerges from the intermediate mesoderm
Urogenital ridge
What does the primary sex cords give rise to?
Males–> seminiferous tubules
Females–> primordial follicles
What is the name of the male genital tract ?
Mesonephric duct ( wollfian)
What influences the male genital tract ?
Testosterone
What is the name of the female genital tract?
paramesonephric ducts ( mullerian)
What influences the female genital tract ?
estrogen
What differentiates the indifferent gonads ?
Y chromosome with the SRY gene & TDF
When do males produce testosterone?
by the 8th week by Leydig cells
what triggers the sec cords in a males?
testosterone from the leydig cells
What gives rise to male external genitalia in a male?
Dihydrotestosterone by 5 alpha reductase
How does the ovary form?
absence of Y chromosome
What is a Gartner duct ?
Remnants of mesonephric duct