Labioscrotal swelling
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "redirect hatnote". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherTemplate:Main otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The labioscrotal swellings (genital swellings or labioscrotal folds) are paired structures in the mammalian embryo that represent the final stage of development of the caudal end of the external genitals before sexual differentiation. In humans, the two swellings merge:
- In the female, they become the posterior labial commissure. The sides of the genital tubercle grow backward as the genital swellings, which ultimately form the labia majora; the tubercle itself becomes the mons pubis.
- In the male, they become the scrotum.
References
Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from Template:Wikidatathe 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918) Template:Main other Template:Reflist
External links
- "Development of Male External Genitalia", at mcgill.ca
- "Development of Female External Genitalia", at mcgill.ca
- Diagram at mhhe.com
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