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Stages in the Development of the External Sexual Organs in the Male and Female

• Drawn from the Ecker-Ziegler models.

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The External Organs of Generation

• cloacal membrane, composed of ectoderm and endoderm (entoderm), originally reaches from the umbilicus to the tail
• mesoderm extends to the mid-ventral line for some distance behind the umbilicus
  • forms the lower part of the abdominal wall
  • ends below in a prominent swelling, the cloacal tubercle
• Behind the tubercle the urogenital part of the cloacal membrane separates the ingrowing sheets of mesoderm
• The first rudiment of the penis (or clitoris) is a structure termed the phallus
  • derived from the phallic portion of the cloaca which has extended on to the end and sides of the under surface of the cloacal tubercle
• The terminal part of the phallus representing the future glans becomes solid
• the remainder, which is hollow, is converted into a longitudinal groove by the absorption of the urogenital membrane

Female

• a deep groove forms around the phallus and separates it from the rest of the cloacal tubercle, which is now termed the genital tubercle.
• sides of the genital tubercle grow backward as the genital swellings, which ultimately form the labia majora
• tubercle itself becomes the mons pubis
• labia minora arise by the continued growth of the lips of the groove on the under surface of the phallus
• remainder of the phallus forms the clitoris

Male

• early changes are similar
• pelvic portion of the cloaca undergoes much greater development, pushing before it the phallic portion
• genital swellings extend around between the pelvic portion and the anus, and form a scrotal area
• during the changes associated with the descent of the testes this area is drawn out to form the scrotal sac
• penis is developed from the phallus
• urogenital membrane undergoes absorption, forming a channel on the under surface of the phallus; this channel extends only as far forward as the corona glandis

(Text modified from Gray's Anatomy)

entoderm - is a historic term for endoderm.

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Reference

Gray H. Anatomy of the human body. (1918) Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger.

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