The Discovery of Different Types of Cervical Mucus - Erik Odeblad

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Appendix

Old and New Names for Some Embryological Structures

Old Name New Name
Urogenital fold Urogenital ridge
Wolffian duct (also called Gärtner's duct) Mesonephric duct
Miillerian duct Paramesonephric duct
Pronephros Same
Mesonephros Same
Metanephros Same
Gubernaculum Same or Caudal genital ligament
Urogenital sinus Same
Miillerian inhibition substance (MIS) or Jost factor Inducer substance (if male characters are considered)

Suppressor substance (if female characters are considered

Recommended literature:

"Medical Embryology", 4th Edition, 1981, by J. Langman. [Williams & Wilkins: London.]