gonadal ridge

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gonadal ridge

An elevation of thickened mesothelium and underlying mesenchyme on the ventromedial border of the embryonic mesonephros in which the primordial germ cells become embedded and establish it as the primordium of the testis or the ovary. Also called genital ridge.

gonadal

pertaining to or arising from a gonad. See also testicular, ovarian.

gonadal cords

cords formed by epithelial cells which migrate from the mesonephric tubules in the embryo to the gonadal ridge and establish the indifferent stage of gonadogenesis.

gonadal ridge

the structures in the embryo to which the primordial germ cells migrate, and from which the gonads develop.

gonadal steroids

see steroid.

gonadal stromal tumor

tumors of granulosa cells and thecal cells of the ovary.

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