A gonad, sex gland, or reproductive gland is a mixed gland that produces the gametes and sex hormones of an organism. Female reproductive cells are egg...

type of gonadal dysgenesis is the development of functionless, fibrous tissue, termed streak gonads, instead of reproductive tissue. Streak gonads are a...

Buster Gonad is a cartoon character in the British comic Viz. The strip involves the surreal adventures of "the boy with unfeasibly large testicles"....

The development of the gonads is part of the prenatal development of the reproductive system and ultimately forms the testicles in males and the ovaries...

Gonadal agenesis is a rare condition where an individual lacks both gonads. If the karyotype is 46,XY and the individual otherwise has a male phenotype...

XY complete gonadal dysgenesis, also known as Swyer syndrome, is a type of defect hypogonadism in a person whose karyotype is 46,XY. Though they typically...

The term gonadal artery is a generic term for a paired artery, with one typically arising from the abdominal aorta for each gonad. Specifically, it can...

In medicine, gonadal vein refers to the blood vessel that carries blood away from the gonad (testis, ovary) toward the heart. These are different arteries...

A testicle or testis (pl.: testes) is the male gonad in all bilaterians, including humans. It is homologous to the female ovary. The functions of the...

The genital ridge (or gonadal ridge) is the precursor to the gonads. The genital ridge initially consists mainly of mesenchyme and cells of underlying...

XX gonadal dysgenesis is a type of female hypogonadism in which the ovaries do not function to induce puberty in an otherwise normal girl whose karyotype...

Gonadal torsion refers to torsion of the gonads. It may refer to: Testicular torsion Ovarian torsion This disambiguation page lists articles associated...

Commonly, one or both gonads is an ovotestis containing both types of tissue. Although it is similar in some ways to mixed gonadal dysgenesis, the conditions...

Boris Johnson, made the same comparison using a different word, "The Glass Gonad" and more politely as "The Onion". A 500-metre (1,600 ft) helical walkway...

copulation".[page needed] It is hard to find a common origin for gonads. However, gonads most likely evolved independently several times. At first, testes...

Sex hormones, also known as sex steroids, gonadocorticoids and gonadal steroids, are steroid hormones that interact with vertebrate steroid hormone receptors...

is the calculation of the gonad mass as a proportion of the total body mass. It is represented by the formula: GSI = [gonad weight / total tissue weight]...

gonadal axis (HPG axis, also known as the hypothalamic–pituitary–ovarian/testicular axis) refers to the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and gonadal glands...

proliferation process begins in the gonads. PGCs interact with a wide range of cell types as they move from the epiblast to the gonads. The PGCs move passively (without...

endocrine glands: the pituitary, thyroid, adrenals, pancreas, parathyroids, and gonads, but nearly all organs and tissues produce specific endocrine hormones as...

45,X/46,XY mosaicism, also known as X0/XY mosaicism and mixed gonadal dysgenesis, is a mutation of sex development in humans associated with sex chromosome...

A gonadal tissue neoplasm is a tumor having any histology characteristic of cells or tissues giving rise to the gonads. These tissues arise from the sex...

sexual factors. These include both primary sex characteristics, such as gonads, and secondary sex characteristics. In humans, sex organs or primary sexual...

chromosomes no longer determine the type of gonad, so that XX and XY mice can have the same type of gonad and gonadal hormones. The FCG model has been used...

A progonadotropin, or hypergonadotropin, also known as a gonad stimulant, is a type of drug which increases the secretion of one or both of the major...

The aorta-gonad-mesonephros (AGM) is a region of embryonic mesoderm that develops during embryonic development from the para-aortic splanchnopleura in...

(differentiate) to the adult gonads (reproductive organs). They are formed from the genital ridges - which will develop into the gonads - in the first 2 months...

biochemical activity led to what he called a genetic chimera. Germline or gonadal mosaicism is a particular form of mosaicism wherein some gametes—i.e.,...

Pseudohermaphroditism is an outdated term for when an individuals gonads was mismatched with their internal reproductive system and/or external genitalia...

fraction of intact host energy spent on reproduction includes not just gonads and gametes but also secondary sexual characteristics, mate-seeking behavior...