Genital system Embryology Flashcards
Cells or follicles arrested at various stages of Oogenesis
Secondary follicle
Period of indifferent gonads
7 weeks
Determines gonadal sex
Testes determining factor
Location of testes determining factor
Y chromosome
Spermatogonia/Oogonia is derived from
Primordial germ cells
Wolffian duct derivatives
Epididymis, vas deferens, Ejaculatory duct
Mullerian duct derivatives
Uterus, uterine tubes, upper vagina
Paramesonephros
Mullerian
Mesonephros
Wolffian
Cells that secrete testosterone and androstenedione
Leydig cells
Cells that secrete mullerian inhibiting hormone
Sertoli cells
Start of Gonad differentiation
8 weeks
Controls gametogenesis
FSH
Month of complete primary oocyte formation
5 months (dormant until puberty)
Oogenesis: Arrested at prophase of meiosis I
Primary oocytes
Completion of oogenesis meiosis I
Puberty
Outcome of completed oogenesis meiosis I
Secondary oocyte and first polar body
Oogenesis: Arrested at metaphase of meiosis II
Secondary oocyte (until fertilization)
Completion of oogenesis meiosis II
Fertilization
Outcome of completion of oogenesis meiosis II
Mature oocyte and second polar body
Week when primordial germ cells become gonads
4th week
Spermatogenesis/Oogenesis
Gonads remain dormant until puberty
Spermatogenesis
Spermatogenesis/Oogenesis
Gonads differentiate immediately
Oogenesis
Outcome of spermatogenesis meiosis I
Two secondary spermatocytes
Outcome of Spermatogenesis meiosis II
Four spermatids
Spermatogenesis / Oogenesis
Fetal life until menopause
Oogenesis
Spermatogenesis / Oogenesis
Fetal life until old age
Spermatogenesis
Spermatogenesis / Oogenesis
Growth and differentiation period
Sperm: puberty until old age
Ovum: fetal life until birth
End product of Spermatogenesis
4 sperm cells
End product of Oogenesis
1 egg cell
Number of chromosomes in a gamete after disjunction in meiosis
23 chromosomes
Number of chromosomes in a gamete after nondisjunction in meiosis
22 chromosomes - monosomy
24 chromosomes - trisomy
Stage of an embryo when it starts to implant on the endometrium
Blastocyst
Week 1 of human development marked by what stage
Fertilization
Result of fusion of male and female pro nuclei
Zygote
Blastomeres undergoing compaction
Morula
Series of mitosis divisions of a zygote
Cleavage
Endpoint of cleavage
Partitioned zygote forming a blastula with blastomeres
Inner cell mass at the embryonic pole of the blastocyst
Embryoblast
Outer cell mass of the blastocyst
Trophoblast
Part of blastocyst that becomes the embryo
Embryoblast
Part of blastocyst that becomes the placenta
Trophoblast
Occurs 12-24 hours after ovulation
Fertilization
30 hours after fertilization
2 cell stage
3 days after fertilization
Morula
5 days after fertilization
Blastocyst formation
7 days after fertilization
Implantation
Uterine location of normal implantation
Posterior superior aspect of uterus
Implantation occurs at what phase of menstrual cycle
Secretory phase
Most common location of tubal pregnancy
Ampulla
Sertoli cells derived from
Mesenchyme
Leydig cells derived from
Mesenchyme
Stimulates Sertoli cells
FSH
Stimulates leydig cells
LH
Week when Genital tubercle is produced from mesenchyme
4th week
Period of indifferent external genitalia
7 weeks
Result when phallus growth ceases
Clitoris
Result when phallus growth continues
Penis
Fused urogenital folds
Male frenulum
UnFused urogenital folds
Female labia minora
Fused labioscrotal swelling
Scrotum
UnFused labioscrotal swelling
Labia majora
Ventral external urethral opening
Hypospadia
May be at the ventral, body or junction of penis and scrotum
Dorsal external urethral opening
Epispadia