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Gonadal ridge

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Section of the urogenital fold of a chick embryo of the fourth day. ("Genital ridge" labeled at left.) |- style="text-align: center;" class="hiddenStructure" | colspan="2" |

|- style="text-align: center; line-height: 1;" class="hiddenStructure" | colspan="2" | |- class="hiddenStructure" |Latin |colspan="2"| |- class="hiddenStructure" | |colspan="2"|[subject #252 ] |- class="hiddenStructure" |System |colspan="2"| |- class="hiddenStructure" |Carnegie stage |colspan="2"|[] |- class="hiddenStructure" |Days |colspan="2"| |- class="hiddenStructure" |Precursor |colspan="2"| |- class="hiddenStructure" |Gives rise to |colspan="2"| |- class="hiddenStructure" |MeSH |colspan="2"|[] |- class="hiddenStructure" |Dorlands/Elsevier |colspan="2"|[/] |} In embryology, the gonadal ridge (or genital ridge) is the precursor to the gonads.

It gives rise to the sex cords.

It appears at approximately five weeks.

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Embryology: Gonadal ridge

Mammalian embryogenesis/Embryology and Fetal development - [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit]

Embryo/Carnegie stages: Zygote | Morula | Blastula/Blastomere/Blastosphere | Gastrula/Gastrulation | Neurula | Fetus

General: Archenteron | Blastopore | Hensen's node | Germ layer (Ectoderm, Endoderm, Mesoderm) | Histogenesis | Organogenesis | Branchial arch (1st) | Meckel's cartilage | Somite/Somitomere | Thyroglossal duct | Vitelline duct

Circulatory system: Primitive atrium | Primitive ventricle | Bulbus cordis | Truncus arteriosus | Ostium primum | Foramen ovale | Ductus venosus | Ductus arteriosus | Aortic arches | Septum primum | Septum secundum | Cardinal veins

Nervous system: Neural development/Neurulation | Neural folds | Neural groove | Neural tube | Neural crest | Neuromere | Notochord | Optic vesicles | Optic stalk | Optic cup

Digestive system: Foregut | Midgut | Hindgut | Proctodeum | Rathke's pouch | Septum transversum

Urinary/Reproductive system: Urogenital folds | Urethral groove | Urogenital sinus | Kidney development (Pronephros | Mesonephros | Ureteric bud | Metanephric blastema) | Fetal genital development (Wolffian duct | Müllerian duct | Gubernaculum | Labioscrotal folds)

Uterine support: Placenta | Umbilical cord (Umbilical artery, Umbilical vein, Wharton's jelly) | Amniotic sac (Amnion, Chorion) | Yolk sac | Allantois | Trophoblast (Cytotrophoblast | Syncytiotrophoblast | Gestational sac)

 


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