Repro 2 Flashcards
Bipotential parts of external genitalia
Genital tubercle, urethral groove, urethral fold, labioscrotal swelling
If female genital tubercle
Forms clitoris
If female urethral folds and grooves
Form labia minora, opening of vagina and urethra
If female labioscrotal swellings
Form labia Majora
If male genital tubercle
Forms glans penis
If male urethral folds and grooves
Form shaft of penis
If male labioscrotal swellings
Form shaft of penis and scrotum
External genitalia development is driven by
Presence or absence of androgens (DHT)
At 10 weeks of female growth (external)
In absence of androgens external genitalia is feminized
At 10 weeks of male growth (external)
DHT causes development of male external genitalia
At birth males (external)
Testosterone causes Testes to descend from abdominal cavity into scrotum
When did importance of DHT come to light
Studies of male pseudohermaphrodites
What do pseudohermaphrotdites lack
Have defective gene for 5a reductase
Needed for conversion of testosterone to DHT
What does no DHT cause for pseudohermaphrodites
Despite having testosterone
- failure of male external genitalia and prostate development
- appear female at birth, male internal
- at puberty testes begin to secrete testosterone causing masculinzatin of external genitalia
Testis and ovaries both produce
Hormones and gametes
Ovum
- some of largest cells in body
- nonmotile, move via smooth muscle contraction or cilia
What are all females born with
All oocytes, cyclically released during reproductive years
After ~40 years in ceases
Sperm
- quite small
- only flagellated cells in body
- highly motile
- continuously produces after reaching reproductive maturity
- sperm and testosterone production dismisses with age but not cease
Gametogenesis
Production of gametes
What does gametogenesis begin with
Mitosis in utero to increase germ cell numbers
Female germ cells
Oogonia
Male germ cells
Spermatogonia
How many viable gametes does 1 sperm cell produce
4
How many viable gametes does 1 female germ cell produce
1
Steps of gametogenesis
- Germ cells in embryonic gonads undergo mitosis divisions to increase number
- Meiosis: Duplication of chromosomes (92 chromatids)
- One primary gamete divides into 2 secondary gametes (each with 46 chromosomes)
- Secondary gametes divide again to produce haploid gametes (23 chromatids)
Female gametogenesis
- significant mitosis in embryonic and fetal development (lots of oogonia)
- enter meiosis and create large pool of primary oocytes
- stay arrested until reproductive age