EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT & STEM CELL COMPENDIUM
Content

111. Adult Derivatives of Embryonic Urogenital Structures

Review of MEDICAL EMBRYOLOGY Book by BEN PANSKY, Ph.D, M.D.

Embryonic Structure

Male

Female

Indifferent Gonad

Cortex

Medulla

Gubernaculum

Mesonephric tubules

Mesonephric duct

(wolffian duct)

Paramesonephric Duct

(mullerian duct)

Urogenital Sinus

Sinus or mullerian

tubercle

Phallus

Urogenital folds

Labioscrotal swellings

Testis

Seminiferous tubules

Rete testis

Gubernaculum Testis

Ductuli efferentes

Paradidymis

Appendix of epididymis

Ductus epididymis

Ductus deferens

Ureter

Ureteric pelvis

Calyces

Collecting tubules

Ejaculatory duct and

seminal vesicle

Appendix of testis

Urinary bladder

Urethra (except glandular portion)

Prostatic utricle

Prostate Gland

Bulbourethral glands

Seminal colliculus

Penis

Glans penis

Corpora cavernosa penis

Corpus spongiosum

Ventral (under) aspect

of penis

Scrotum

Ovary

Ovarian follicles

Rete ovarii

Ovarian ligament and

round ligament of uterus

Epoophoron

Paroophoton

Appendix vesiculosa

Duct of Epoophoron

Duct of Gartner

Ureter

Ureteric pelvis

Calyces

Collecting tubules

Hydatid (of Morgagni)

Uterine tube

Uterus

Urinary bladder

Urethra (all)

Vagina

Urethral and paraurethral

glands

Greater vestibular glands

Hymen

Clitoris

Glands clitoridis

Corpora cavernosa clitoridis

Bulb of vestibule

Labia minora

Labio majora


DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF PATIENTS WITH

AMBIGUOUS EXTERNAL GENITALIA*