PSY 3666 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: X Chromosome, Allosome, Male Reproductive System
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The sexual differentiation of the brain (including cyclic or noncyclic hormonal pattern: internal sex organs: Testes: male gonads inside the scrotum that produce testosterone. Ovaries: female gonads that produce ova and sex hormones. Testosterone: a male sex hormone that is secreted by the leydig cells of mature testes and produces secondary sex characteristics in men. Mullerian duct: one of a pair of tubes in the embryo that will develop, in female embryos, into the fallopian tubes, uterus, and part of the vagina. Wolffian duct: one pair of structures in the embryo that, when exposed to testosterone, will develop into the male reproductive system. Mullerian inhibiting factor: a hormone secreted in male embryos that prevents the. Mullerian duct from developing into female reproductive organs. Androgen: a hormone that promotes the development of male genitals and secondary sex characteristics, is produced by testes in men and the adrenal glands in both men and women: external sex organs, hormonal development and influences:
