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| valign=top | '''Female Uterus and Vagina (between week 9 and 20)''' | |||
The animation shows the development of the uterus (red) from the '''paramesonephric (Müllerian) ducts''' (red). | |||
* The initially paired ducts fuse in the midline forming the single body of the '''uterus'''. | |||
* The ducts remain separate laterally where they form the '''uterine tubes''' (Fallopian tubes, uterine horns). | |||
* The ducts peripheral attachment site to the '''urogenital sinus wall''' (yellow) is is described as the Müllerian tubercle. | |||
* The fused ducts also generate the '''vagina''', under the influence of BMP4. | |||
* Estrogen will also later alter the vaginal epithelium. | |||
--[[User:S8600021|Mark Hill]] 16:42, 20 May 2011 (EST) Current research indicates the colour coding for vagina development is incorrectly shown here and it should also be identified (red) from the paramesonephric (Müllerian) ducts (red). | --[[User:S8600021|Mark Hill]] 16:42, 20 May 2011 (EST) Current research indicates the colour coding for vagina development is incorrectly shown here and it should also be identified (red) from the paramesonephric (Müllerian) ducts (red). | ||
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Uterus_001_icon.jpg</wikiflv> | Female Uterus and Vagina (between week 9 and 20)
The animation shows the development of the uterus (red) from the paramesonephric (Müllerian) ducts (red).
--Mark Hill 16:42, 20 May 2011 (EST) Current research indicates the colour coding for vagina development is incorrectly shown here and it should also be identified (red) from the paramesonephric (Müllerian) ducts (red).
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