Reproductive Development Flashcards
How is genital ridge formed
Primordial cells from yolk sac migrate into intermediate mesoderm
Medial to urogenital ridge
Which part of genital ridge proliferates?
Epithelial part
Primitive sex cords
Migrating germ cells that have become surrounded by epithelial cells
Mullerian ducts
Paramesonephric ducts
Arise lateral to mesonephric ducts
Cuadal ends fuse and connect to urethra
Male/female genetic
46XY
46XX
TDF
Transcription factor that controls cascade of events leading to male development
SRY
Sex determining region of Y chromosome
Where TDF is located
Virilization
Development of adult male characteristics
How does female development occur?
If TDF is absent
SRY gene expression induces
TDF production
differentiation of sertoli cells
Sertoli cells
Main organizer of testes
Product Amh and recruit leydig cells
Anti-mullerian hormone
Amh
Secreted by sertoli
Degenerates paramesoneprhic ducts
Leydig cells
Interstitial cells
Secrete testosterone
Recruited by sertoli cells
Testosterone
Causes survival of mesoneprhic duct
Mesonephric ducts become
Male genital sex ducts
5-alpha 2 reductase
Converts testosterone to dihydrotestosterone
Dihydrotestosterone
Responsible for differentiation of male EXternal genitalia and secondary sex characteristics at puberty (virilization)
Testis cords composed of
Sertoli cells and germ cells
Testis cords also called ____ and produce _____
Medullary cords
Amh
Rete testis
Sertoli cells and NO germ cells
Tunica albuginea and lobules of testes formed by
Non-prenetrating epithelial cells
Mesoneprhic ducts open into the
Urogenital sinus
Mesoneprhic tubules fuse with ___ to form _____
Mesoneprhic tubules
Efferent ductules