gonadal cords


primordial sex cords

the cellular cords arising from the epithelium of the genital ridges during the indifferent state of gonadal development; they form seminiferous cords in male embryos and cortical cords in female embryos. Synonym(s): germinal cords, gonadal cords, sex cords

go·nad·al cords

(gō-nad'ăl kōrdz) Primordial sex cords formed by columns of germinal and follicle cells penetrating centripetally into the embryonic ovarian or testicular cortex.