Male/female genital homologues

Question 1

What hormones direct development

Answer 1

Male: DHT

Female: estrogen

Question 2

Genital tubercle 1

Answer 2

Male: glands penis

Female: glands clitoris

Question 3

Genital tubercle 2

Answer 3

Male: corpus cavernosum/spongiosum

Female: vestibular bulbs

Question 4

Urogenital sinus 1

Answer 4

Male: Bulbourethral glands (Cowper)

Female: Greater vestibular glands (of Bartholin)

Question 5

Urogenital sinus 2

Answer 5

Male: prostate gland

Female: urethral and paraurethral glands (of Skene)

Question 6

Urogenital fold

Answer 6

Male: ventral shaft of penis (penile urethra)

Female: labia minora

Question 7

Labioscrotal swelling

Answer 7

Male: scrotum

Female: labia majora

Question 8

Hypospadias:

Answer 8

Inferior opening
More common than epispadias
Fix it to prevent UTI

Question 9

Epispadias

Answer 9

Superior opening,

Exstrophy of bladder associated with Epispadias

Question 10

Gubernaculum (band of fibrous tissue)

Answer 10

Male: anchors testes within scrotum

Female: ovarian ligament and round ligament of uterus

Question 11

Processus vaginalis (evagination of peritoneum)

Answer 11

Males: tunica vaginalis

Female: obliterated.