Vaginal plate

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Vaginal plate
Gives rise to vagina

The vaginal plate is a precursor to the inferior portion of the vagina.[1]

They form from sinovaginal bulbs.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Fix, James D.; Dudek, Ronald W. (1998). Embryology. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 177. ISBN 0-683-30272-8. 
  2. ^ eMedicine - Surgical Management of Mullerian Duct Anomalies : Article by Lawrence Amesse, MD, PhD. Retrieved on 2007-12-03.

[edit] External links

  • Swiss embryology (from UL, UB, and UF) hdisqueembry/triderm01
  • http://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/Notes/genitalXXuterus.htm
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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
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