Objectives:

 

•Begins as early as the 3rd week after fertilization
•3rd week germs cells migrate from yolk sac to genital ridge
•4th – 8th week: testis develop under influence of SRY gene
•Human chorionic gonadotropin à activates Leydig cells à secrete testosterone
•6th – 7th week: Sertoli cells secrete Müllerin inhibiting substance
•9th week: scrotum is formed; Wolffian duct begins to form (epididymis, vas deferens, seminal vesicles)
•8th – 15th week: Gubernaculum swells and starts to develop room in the scrotum for testicular descent
•25 – 35 weeks: Migration of the testicle into the scrotum occurs, along with the processus vaginalis
•37 – 40 weeks: final migration complete, processus closes
Session date: 
03/31/2026 - 10:00am to 11:00am CDT
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Speaker Name: 
Carmelle Romain, MD