Cortical cords

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Cortical cords
Days 49
Precursor sex cords
Gives rise to follicles

In embryology, cortical cords (also called secondary cords) are structures that develop from sex cords in the female. After further development they become the ovarian follicles.

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  • Embryology at UNSW Medicine/BGDlabXYXX_5
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Prenatal development/mammalian embryogenesis - Development of the urinary and reproductive organs
General Urinary/Reproductive system
Cloacal membrane - Cloaca - Urethral groove - Urogenital sinus - Urachus - Urogenital folds
Kidney development
Nephrogenic cord - Nephrotome - Pronephros - Mesonephros (Mesonephric tubules)
Ureteric bud - Metanephric blastema
Fetal genital development - primarily internal
Gonadal ridge - Sex cord (Cortical cords, Testis cords)
Pronephric duct/Wolffian duct/mesonephric duct - Müllerian duct/paramesonephric ducts (Vaginal plate)
Primarily external
Genital tubercle - Phallus - Labioscrotal folds
Gubernaculum - Processus vaginalis
see also list of homologues of the human reproductive system
Categories: Developmental biology stubs
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