OVERVIEW

PRONEPHROS
MESONEPHROS
METANEPHROS
DIVISION OF HINDGUT (CLOACA) INTO
URINARY AND ENTERIC PARTS
METANEPHRIC KIDNEY
DEVELOPMENT
The ureteric bud arises from the mesonephric duct. The
metanephric mesenchyme
proliferates and separates with each subdivision of the ureteric
bud.
The metanephric
mesenchyme
converts to
epithelia, forming
comma- and
S-shaped vesicles,
which become
metanephric
nephrons.
The metanephric
mesenchyme
converts to epithelia,
forming comma- and
S-shaped vesicles,
which become
metanephric
nephrons.
The cloaca is becomes divided by the
URORECTAL SEPTUM
REPRODUCTIVE
SYSTEM
The indifferent or ambisexual stage of
development. B, Male. The mesonephric
ducts are retained (left) and the
paramesonephric ducts
involute (right). C, Female. The
paramesonephric (Müllerian) ducts are
retained (right) and the mesonephric ducts
involute (left).
Uterovaginal
anomalies
PRIMORDIA
L GERM
CELLS
FEMALE
MALE
DESCENT OF TESTIS
• The gubernaculum
attached to the lower
part of the testis has an
abdominal part covered
with developing
peritoneum, an
interstitial part and a
distal end embedded in
the anterior abdominal
wall at the site of the
future inguinal canal
• B, The gubernaculum swells, becoming
similar in width to the testis.
• The distal-most portion of the
gubernaculum bulges into abdominal
wall muscles and grows 3–5 cm over
the superior pubic ramus and into the
scrotum.
• A crescentic column of peritoneum,
the processus vaginalis, develops in
the expanding gubernaculum.
• C, The testis gains a crescentic
covering of
• visceral and parietal peritoneum
(which forms the tunica vaginalis) and
muscle and connective tissue layers as
it passes through the deep and
superficial
• inguinal rings. The coverings remain
around the ductus deferens, whereas
the proximal processus vaginalis
normally becomes obliterated by 3
weeks after birth.
DESCENT OF OVARY

• A, An early developing left ovary and uterine tube. B, The start of

posterior movement of the ovary.
• C, The left ovary in its definitive posterior position. D, A sagittal
section of the ligaments associated with the ovary
 DEVELOPMENT OF
UROGENITAL SYSTEM
FEMALE
MALE
 DEVELOPMENT OF
EXTERNAL GENITALIA
DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES