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Reproductive System Development (view source)
Revision as of 09:07, 22 August 2011
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In the female '''alpha-fetoprotein''' binds to estradiol which has been secreted by the fetal ovary. This binding results in the complex being unable to cross the [[Blood_Brain_Barrier_-_Anatomy_%26_Physiology|blood brain barrier]]. This mechanism protects the female brain from the masculinising effects of estradiol and allows the development of a 'feminising' '''surge centre''' at the point of the rostral part of the [[Midbrain_-_Anatomy_%26_Physiology|mesencephalon]].
In the female '''alpha-fetoprotein''' binds to estradiol which has been secreted by the fetal ovary. This binding results in the complex being unable to cross the [[Blood_Brain_Barrier_-_Anatomy_%26_Physiology|blood brain barrier]]. This mechanism protects the female brain from the masculinising effects of estradiol and allows the development of a 'feminising' '''surge centre''' at the point of the rostral part of the [[Midbrain_-_Anatomy_%26_Physiology|mesencephalon]].
==Normal Sexual Development==
Throughout normal sexual development there are series of defined phases;
===Pregonadal Phase===
===Bipotential Gonadal Phase===
===Pimary Sexual Differentiation Phase===
===Secondary Sexual Differentiation Phase===
==EMBRYOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE GENITAL TRACT==
==EMBRYOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE GENITAL TRACT==