Fields- formation of female reproductive system Flashcards
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