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Embryology Flashcards

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Follicular phase

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(days 1–14)
– Selection of the dominant
“ovulatory” follicle
– ↑ estrogen levels
– Endometrial thickening

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Luteal phase

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(days 14–21)
– Corpus luteum produces
estrogen and progesterone
– Endometrium prepared for
implantation

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How would implantation occur?

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Blastocyst produces human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) thus maintaining progesterone production

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Gestational Age or Menstrual Age

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Time since the 1st day of the last menstrual period (LMP), which predates conception

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EDC & Naegele rule

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Estimated Date of Confinement (EDC)
– Naegele Rule
1st Day of LMP + 7 day − 3 months = EDC

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Fertilization timeline

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Takes place within hours (no more than a day) after ovulation
* Fusion of the nuclei of the maternal & paternal gametes
* Haploid chromosome sets intermingle & create the Zygote

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Fertilization Steps

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  1. Passage of sperm through the corona radiata
  2. Penetration of the zona pellucida
  3. Fusion of plasma membranes of oocyte &
    sperm
  4. Completion of 2nd meiotic division of oocyte
  5. Formation of male pronucleus
  6. Breakdown of pronuclear membranes
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What happens 24 hrs after fertilization?

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The diploid cell with 46 chromosomes undergoes cleavage –> forming 2 blastomeres.
* Blastomeres & polar body
are surrounded by the zona
pellucida
* Blastomeres divide & form a solid
a 16-cell morula

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What happens 3 days post fertilization?

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  • Morula enters the uterine cavity
  • Fluid forms between the cells of
    the morula creating the
    early blastocyst
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What happens ~5 days postfertilization?

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  • 58-cell blastula differentiates into
    the inner cell mass
    – 5 embryo-producing cells
    – 53 outer cells
    (trophectoderm) will become
    trophoblasts
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What is the 107-cell blastocyst composed of?

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  • 8 embryo-producing cells surrounded by 99 trophoblastic cells
  • Secretory-phase endometrial glands release proteases
    – Releases blastocyst from the
    zona pellucida
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What happens ~6-7 day postfertilization?

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Implantation into the uterine wall
1. Apposition—Initial contact of the blastocyst to the uterine wall
2. Adhesion— ↑contact between the blastocyst & decidua (thick modified mucous membrane, lines pregnant uterus)
3. Invasion—Penetration & invasion of
syncytiotrophoblasts & cytotrophoblasts into the functional layer of the endometrium

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The placenta will develop from the
_____ encircling the blastocyst

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trophoblast cell layer

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What happens ~Day 8 postfertilization?

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  • Trophoblasts have differentiated
    – Outer layer
  • primitive syncytiotrophoblast
    – Inner layer
  • cytotrophoblasts
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After implantation is complete, trophoblasts further differentiate & give rise to _____

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villous & extravillous trophoblasts

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What do Villous trophoblasts do?

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generate chorionic villi (fingerlike projections)
– Transport oxygen, nutrients, & other compounds between
the fetus & mother

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What do Extravillous trophoblasts do?

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are further classified as interstitial
trophoblasts & endovascular trophoblasts

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What do Interstitial trophoblasts do?

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invade the decidua & myometrium to
form placental-bed giant cells & surround spiral arteries

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What do Endovascular trophoblasts do?

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invade & transform spiral arteries
during pregnancy to create low-resistance blood flow that is characteristic of the placenta

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What happens ~9-10 days postfertilization?

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  • Blastocyst wall facing the uterine
    lumen is a single layer of flattened cells
  • Becomes totally encased within the
    endometrium
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What happens ~12 days postfertilization?

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  • Maternal blood fills lacunar network
  • Large cavities appear in the
    extraembryonic mesoderm
  • Extraembryonic endodermal cells
    form on the inside of the primitive
    yolk sac
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What are Chorionic Villi?

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  • Primary villi arise from buds of
    cytotrophoblasts
  • Lacunae join & form a complicated
    labyrinth partitioned by cytotrophoblastic
    columns
  • Trophoblast-lined channels form the
    intervillous space, & the solid cellular columns
    form the primary villous stalks
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What happens ~15-17 days postfertilization?

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  • Mesenchymal cords from extraembryonic
    mesoderm invade the solid trophoblast columns
    & form secondary villi
  • Angiogenesis* in the mesenchymal cords forms tertiary villi
  • Maternal arterial blood enters the intervillous
    space & fetal blood vessels become functional
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Postovulatory age:

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~15-17 (week 3)
* Organogenesis begins
* Gastrulation = Conversion of
bilaminar embryonic disc to a
trilaminar embryonic disc
* Morphogenesis begins
* Primitive streak forms

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Largest susceptibility to
developmental defects occurs when?

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Postovulatory age: ~15-17 (week 3)

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Week 3

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  • Development of the Notochord
    – Migrates ventral and cranial to the primitive streak/node
    – Defines the axis of the embryo
  • Neurulation begins = formation of the neural tube
  • Primitive tube (heart) develops (cardiogenic mesoderm)
  • Mesonephric duct
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Week 5

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  • Chorionic/gestational sac
    measures ~1 cm in diameter
  • Embryo ~3 mm long
  • Arm & leg buds developed
  • Amnion begins to ensheath
    the body stalk
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Week 6

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  • Embryo ~9 mm long
    – Neural tube closed
  • cranial end 38 days from LMP
  • caudal end closes 40 days from LMP
  • Cardiac motion is discernable sonographically
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Week 8

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End of the embryonic period
* Crown-rump length ~22 mm
* Fingers & toes are present
* Arms bend at the elbows
* Upper lip is complete

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Week 9

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  • ~24 mm in length
  • Most organ systems have
    begun to develop
31
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Week 10

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  • Bone growth of the front of the
    skull
  • Placenta supplants the yolk sac
32
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Week 11

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  • Neck has lengthened
  • Eyes & ears are visible, but not
    functional
33
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Week 12

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  • Crown-rump length ~5 to 7 cm
  • Most bones have centers of ossification
  • Fingers & toes forming
  • Patches of hair; skin & nails develop
  • Male/female external genitalia show
  • Spontaneous movements
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Week 13

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  • Crown-rump length ~7 cm
  • Wt ~25 gm
  • Pancreas producing insulin
  • Female clitoris, labia have formed
35
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End of 1st Trimester

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End of week 13

36
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Week 14

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  • Forearms, wrists, hands, fingers are
    differentiated
  • Eyes migrate toward midline; behind
    the sealed eyelids
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Week 15

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  • Jaw lengthens, chin held away from
    the chest
  • Hands & outstretched fingers are
    commonly close to the face
  • Canaliculi (small channels/ducts) of
    the lungs begin to form
38
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Week 16

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  • Crown-rump length* ~12 cm; Wt ~100 gm
  • Biparietal diameter, head circumference,
    abd. circumference, & femur length are
    measured & used to estimate weight
  • Eyes can blink
  • Finger/toe-prints form
  • Male penis, urethra, & scrotum formed
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Week 17

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  • ~12.7 cm; ~140 gm
    – Would fit comfortably in your palm
  • Cranial bone replacing cartilage
  • Blood vessels/supply proliferating
  • Small fat deposits begin to develop
  • Heart pumps 25+ oz of blood/day
  • Moving joints
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Week 18

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  • Full movement of the arms & legs
  • Yawning
  • Nerves developing/myelinating
  • Hearing developing
  • Vision developing
  • Female uterus is formed
  • Vaginal canalization begins
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Week 19

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  • ~15 cm & Wt ~240 gm
  • Skin wrinkled, vernix caseosa
  • Umbilical cord coiled (prevents kinking)
  • Teeth forming, bones ossifying
  • Muscles developing
  • Kidneys producing urine
  • Digestive tract producing meconium
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Week 20

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– Midpoint of gestation
* ~15 cm & Wt ~300 gm
* Thumb sucking, stretching
* Facial movements
* “Quickening” (mom feels movement)
* Brown fat forming; skin less transparent
* Lanugo covers the body; some scalp hair present

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Week 21

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  • Head to heal length ~26 cm long
  • Wt ~355 gm
  • Intestines contract & relax
  • Heart rate is ~120-160 BPM
  • Red blood cell production begins to
    shift from liver to bone marrow
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Week 22

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  • Hearing internal & external sound
  • Sense of touch developing
  • Fingers moving
  • Taste buds developing
  • Liver begins breaking down bilirubin
  • Male testes begin descent
45
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Week 23

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  • ~29 cm & Wt ~450 gm
  • Eyes fully formed, no iris pigment
  • Skin pigment developing
  • Organs continue development
46
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Week 24

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  • ~30 cm ~565 gm
  • Secretory type II pneumocytes
    secrete surfactant
    – Terminal alveoli not yet fully formed
  • Neural pain system is developed
47
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Week 25

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~34 cm ~680 gm
* Spine structures begin to form
* Lungs rapidly developing

48
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Week 26

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  • ~35.5 cm ~900 gm
  • Active brain growth
  • Male testes descended
49
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End of 2nd Trimester

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End of week 26

50
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Week 27

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  • ~36.8 cm ~907 gm
  • Able to stick out the tongue out
    – Esp. before or after a particularly
    large gulp of amniotic fluid
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Week 28

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  • ~37.5 cm ~925 gm
  • Brain activity indicates dreaming
52
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Week 29

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  • ~38 cm ~1200 gm
  • Fat deposition continues
  • Skin smoothing
53
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Week 30

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  • ~39 cm ~1400 gm
  • Brain sulci & gyri becoming
    prominent
  • Lanugo diminishing
  • Bone marrow producing more RBC
  • Digestive tract nearly fully formed
54
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Week 31

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  • ~41 cm ~1500 gm
  • May be positioned head down
  • All 5 senses intact
  • Eye lids blink
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Week 32

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  • ~42 cm ~1800 kg
  • Skin smooth & thickening
  • Bones calcifying
56
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Week 33

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  • ~43 cm ~2000 gm
  • Hair on the head is growing
  • Regularly practicing “breathing”: Would likely need some support breathing if born this early
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Week 34

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  • ~44.5 cm ~2500 gm
  • Fat deposition increases
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Week 35

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  • ~46 cm ~2500 gm
  • Kidney development complete
  • Lung development nearly complete
59
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Week 36

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  • 47 cm ~2.7 gm
  • Body fat increases
  • Skin is pink 2° to blood vessel
    proliferation subcutaneously
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Week 37

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  • ~48 cm ~2800 gm
  • No longer considered a “preemie”
  • ACOG:
    – Babies born 37 – 38 weeks 6 days
    – Early-Term
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Week 38

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  • ~46 cm ~3000 gm
  • Rooting reflex initiates suckling at
    every opportunity (parts of the
    hands, thumbs or fingers)
62
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Week 39

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  • ~50 cm ~3-3500 gm
  • ACOG:
    – Babies born at 39 weeks 0 days
    – Full Term
63
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When do ovaries develop?

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11-13 weeks gestation

64
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When do testes develop

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6 weeks gestation

65
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– Disorders of Sex Development (DSD)

A

DSD are congenital conditions in which development of
chromosomal, gonadal, or anatomic sex is atypical

66
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DSDs Classification: 46,XX DSD

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virilized female
– Disorders of androgen
excess
– Disorders of gonadal
development

67
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46,XY DSD

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undervirilized male
– Disorders of androgen action
or synthesis
– Disorders of gonadal
development

68
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Ovotesticular DSD

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– Ovarian & testicular
tissue
– abnormal vagina
– hypoplastic uterus
– Usually 46,XX

69
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Mixed gonadal dysgenesis

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– 45,X/46,XY mosaicism
» 42% = phenotypic ♀(Turner syndrome)
» 42% = ambiguous external
genitalia, asymmetrical gonads
» 15% = phenotypic ♂(incomplete)
– Phenotype dependent on % of blood
& gonadal tissue genetic variation

70
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Klinefelter syndrome

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47, XXY
– ♂ phenotype, typically

71
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Turner syndrome

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(45,XO)
– ♀ phenotype, typically

72
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Precursors of external genitalia =

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urogenital tubercle, swelling, & folds

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