Embryology and Development — Flashcards

Development of eye:Thickened area in the _____ where the future eye will form gets depressed to form optic sulcus.

_____ causes atrophy of the mullerian ducts, which would have developed into the female internal genital tract

The _____ cells of the male gonads synthesize a glycoprotein called antimullerian hormone, which is critical for the development of male genitalia

_____ is a congenital anomaly of midgut rotation during fetal development

Development of face:The two _____ prominences grow medially and compress the medial nasal prominence towards the midline

The male _____ is homologous to the female labia minora, which both arise from the urogenital folds

The male _____ are homologous to the female vestibular bulbs, which both arise from the genital tubercle

If there is a lack of Sertoli cells or MIF during development of a genotypically XY fetus, there is _____ internal genitalia and male external genitalia

What are the adult derivatives of the wall of the diencephalon? _____ and hypothalamus

_____ is a part of the wall of the neural tube that closes the cranial end of the prosencephalon