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Reproductive System Development - Severson Flashcards

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What area of mesoderm in the developing embryo gives rise to the urogenital system?

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Intermediate Mesoderm

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What areas of structures give rise to the urinary system and genital system?

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Nephrogenic ridge gives rise to the URINARY system.

Gonadal/Genital ridge gives rise to the GENITAL system.

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What is the difference between genetic sex and phenotypic or genital sex?

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Genetic Sex: is determined at the time of fertilization

Phenotypic/Genital Sex: does not manifest until the seventh week of development

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What hormone is responsible for establishing phenotypic maleness?

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Testosterone

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What gene is responsible for the development of the testes?

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SRY gene (Sex-determining Region of Y)

-responsible for the production of testis-determining factor that induces the formation of testes

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What developmental defect underlies the most common abnormality of sexual differentiation?

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Klinefelter Syndrome (47, XXY)

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What chromosome is lacking in Turner Syndrome?

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lack of paternal sex chromosome (45, XO)

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What type of tissue (testes or ovaries) would be found in the gonads of a true hermaphrodite?

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Possess BOTH testicular and ovarian tissue (ovotestis)

***Extremely rare condition.

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What is the source of the gametes (primordial germ cells) that migrate into the genital ridge?

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Umbilical vesicle (yolk sac)

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What tissues constitute the early genital ridge or gonads?

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Mesothelium (coelomic epithelium) + underlying mesenchyme + primordial germ cells

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The primordial germ cells in the male and female migrate into what developmental structures?

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Genital (gonadal) ridge

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Where are Sertoli Cells located?

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Cortical cords (which later become seminiferous tubules)

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What adult male structures are formed from the cortical cords?

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Seminiferous tubules

Tubuli recti (straight tubules)

Rete testis

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What embryologic structure forms the Efferent Ductules?

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Mesonephric ductules (tubules)

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What hormone stimulates the interstitial cells of Leydig to produce the androgenic hormones?

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Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)

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What hormone is produced by the Leydig cells?

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Testosterone and androstenedione

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What hormone stimulates the Sertoli cells?

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hCG

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What hormone is produced by the Sertoli cells and what effect does it have on the developing embryo?

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anti-mullerian hormone => suppresses development of the paramesonephric (Mullerian) ducts

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What cells give rise to the oogonia?

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primordial germ cells

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How are the primordial germ cells multiplied in the genital ridge?

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mitosis

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Why do the oogonia undergo meiosis?

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they are under the influence of meiosis-stimulating factor

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What cells are produced when the oogonia enter meiosis?

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primary oocytes

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What phase of meiosis does the primary oocyte reach before it arrests?

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Prophase I of Meiosis I

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What cells to the primary oocytes become associated with and what are the structures called?

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Associated with FOLLICULAR CELLS => form PRIMORDIAL FOLLICLES

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How do the paramesonephric (Mullerian) ducts form?
the absence of anti-mullerian hormone allows them to develop into major structures of the female genital tract (fallopian tubes + uterus)
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Where and how do the caudal and cranial ends of the paramesonephric ducts terminate?
Where: in the pelvic region How: caudal ends of the ducts fuse and terminate on the urogenital sinus between the ends of the mesonephric ducts to form the uterovaginal primordium ***Cranial end opens into the coelomic cavity
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What causes the paramesonephric ducts to degenerate in the male?
anti-mullerian hormone
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What remnant of the paramesonephric duct remains in the male?
prostatic utricle and the appendix of the testis
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What developmental structure gives rise to the epididymis, dutus deferens and ejaculatory duct?
mesonephric ducts
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From what structures do the seminal vesicles, prostate, and bulbourethral glands develop?
Seminal vesicles => outgrowth of the ductus deferens (mesonephric duct) Prostate => outgrowth of the urogenital sinus Bulbourethral glands => outgrowths of the spongy urethra (urogenital sinus)
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What hormone is responsible for development of the epididymis, dutus deferens and ejaculatory duct?
Testosterone
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What structures of the female genital tract develop from the paramesonephric duct?
fallopian tubes + uterus
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What developmental structures are responsible for development of the vagina?
Upper 1/3 = paramesonephric ducts (uterovaginal primordium) Lower 2/3 = urogenital sinus
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What is responsible for Gartner's duct?
residule parts of the mesonephric ducts outside of the uterus and vagina
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What hormone is essential for the development of the female reproductive structures?
Estrogen
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What developmental duct fails to develop properly resulting in malformations of the uterus and vagina?
Paramesonephric ducts
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What is thought to be responsible for the descent of the testes from the posterior abdominal wall into the scrotal sac?
Guernaculum
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What structure is the process vaginalis continuous with?
Tunica vaginalis
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What is the fate of the gubernaculum in the female?
Ligament of the ovary (ovarian ligament) and the Round Ligament of the uterus
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What would be responsible for the testes migrating to ectopic sites?
abnormal location of the gubernaculum
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What is responsible for a congenital inguinal hernia?
peritoneal canal => fails to close
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What is a hydrocele?
accumulation of peritoneal fluid in remains of the process vaginalis (part of scrotum)
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What genital structure gives rise to the phallus?
Genital tubercle (at cranial end of cloacal membrane)
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What genital enlargements occur on each side of the cloacal membrane?
Labioscrotal swellings (genital swellings) and Urogenital folds (urethral folds)
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What membranes are formed when the urorectal septum comes in contact with the cloacal membrane?
Ventral => Urogenital membrane Dorsal => Anal membrane
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What hormone is responsible for development of the male genitalia?
Testosterone (converted to DHT by 5-alpha reductase)
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How is the male urethra formed?
Urogenital folds fuse and form the spongy urethra. Ectodermal cord grows in from glans and connects with the spongy urethra.
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What hormones are lacking in male pseudohermaphrodites (46, XY)?
inadequate testosterone or Mullerian inhibiting substance
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What structures fail to fuse in males with hypospadias?
Urogenital folds or Ectodermal cord
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What other malformation is associated with epispadias?
exstrophy of the bladder
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What does the phallus become in the female?
clitoris
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What structures do the urogenital folds and labioscrotal folds form in the female?
Urogenital folds => Labia minora Labioscrotal folds => Labia majora
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Why do female pseudohermaphrodites have the typical female internal organs, but external genitalia that resemble that of a male?
female internal organs form as default development external genitalia are masculine due to congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) of the fetal suprarenal gland producing excessive androgenic hormones
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What is lacking in the androgen insensitivity syndrome (testicular feminization syndrome)?
androgen receptor

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