Embryology Flashcards
What stage of a developing embryo is present during implantation?
Blastocyst
What is the embryological origin of Urethra, Bladder and lower 2/3 vagina?
Urogenital Sinus
What is the embryological origin of the uterus and upper 1/3 vagina?
Paramesonephric ducts
–> fuse ventral to meso mesonephric ducts)
–> uterovaginal primordium
—–> UV primordium (projects to urogenital sinus)
—> Mullerian ubercle –> vaginal plate –> canalization
What is dominant in male versus females for embryological genital devlopment?
Male = mesonephric ducts (epididymys, ductus deferns)
Female paramesonephric ducts
Embryology: Urogenital sinus?
bladder, urethra, lower 2/3 vagina
Embryology: hymen origin?
Mullerian tubercle
Embryology: Clitoris origin?
Phallus
(same for glans, dorsum of penis for men)
Embryology: Labia Minora origin?
Labia minora = Urogenital folds
(vental penile surface in males)
Embryology: labium majora origin?
Labium majum = labioscrotal swellings
(scrotum in males)
What are examples of midline fusion defects in women pelvic embryology?
Subseptate
Septate
Arcuate
Unicollis, bicornuate
Bicollis bicornuate
Utrine dedelphys (no fusion)
Vaginal septa
Rudimentary / noncommunicating horn
Cardiac embryology: in utero…
-is pulmonary artery high or low?
High pulmonary artery pressures –> to shunt blood away from lungs to the body
Left to right shunting
What are the shunts in utero and what happens at birth?
-Ductus venosus
-Ductus arteriosis
Where do the primary oocytes for the developing gonad derive from?
the yolk sac
Where / when does meiosis I/II begin?
Meiosis I = begins in utero
Meiosis II = begins at ovulation
Where / when does meiosis I/II arrest?
Meiosis I = arrests in prophase
Meiosis II = arrests in metaphase