Severson: Normal and Abnormal Reproductive Development Flashcards
origin of urogenital system
intermediate mesoderm
origin of urinary system
nephrogenic ridge
origin of genital system
Gonadal/genital ridge
determined at the time of fertilizatin
genetic sex
When does phenotypic/genital sex of embryo manifest?
7th week
what leads to the development of the testes?
SRY on Y chromosome produces TDF leading to the development of the testes
what determines phenotypic malenness?
testes
what’s required for development of female phenotype?
two X chromosomes
responsible for cortical cords differentiating into seminiferous tubules
testis-determining factor
produced by fetal testes> determines maleness
testosterone
47,XXY
Klinefelter syndrome
MC abnormality of sexual differentiation d/t nondisjunction of XX homologues
Klinefelter syndrome
infertility, gynecomastia and impaired sexual maturation
Klinfelter syndrome
45, XO
Turner Syndrome
Failure of gonads to develop and infantile genitalia d/t lack of PATERNAL sex chromosome
Turner syndrome
short stature, high arched palate, webbed neck, broad and shieled like chest, wide spaces and inverted nipples, absence of sexual maturation, lymphedema of hands and feet, cardiac and renal anomalies
Turner Syndrome
46, XX
DSD- Ovotesticular disorder (true hermaphrodites)
Possess both testicular and ovarian tissue
migrate from the UMBILICAL VESICLE into the GENITAL RIDGE during early indifferent stage of sexual development
gametes
enter the GENITAL RIDGE during the latter part of the 5th week of development
primordial germ cells
Gives rise to gonads
caudal part of genital ridge
What do the developing gonads consist of?
mesothelium (coelomic), underlying mesenchyme and primordial germ cells
Migrates into the cortical cords
Primordial germ cells
M vs. F migration of germ cells into cortical cords
M> forms seminiferous tubules
F> cords break apart> form follicular cells that surround germ cells
these cells originiate in the UMBILICAL VESICLE then migrate along the dorasal mesentery of hte hindgut to the GENITAL RIDGE undergoing MITOSIS while they migrate
primordial germ cells
precursors of sertoli cells (mesothelium)
Cells of cortical cords
forms the seminiferous tubules, tubuli recti and rete testis
cortical cords
becomes the efferent ductules
mesonephric duct
what part of the mesonephric duct becomes the epidiymis
distal portion
these cells develop from MESENCHYME and synthesize androgenic hormones that are necessary for the differentiation of the male sexual duct system and external genitalia
Leydig cells
stimulates leydig cells to produce androgenic hormones
hCG
when do leydig cells reappear?
puberty
produces anti-mullerian hormone when stimulated by hCG
sertoli cells
suppresses development of paramesonephric ducts
anti-mullerian hormones
stimulates oogonia to enter PROPHASE I of meisosis and become primary oocytes
Meiosis stimulating factor
indifferent sexual duct system
mesonephric (wolffian) duct
paramesonephric (mullerian) duct