The elevation of thickened mesothelium and underlying mesenchyme found on the ventromedial border of the embryonic mesonephros in which the primordial germ cells become embedded, establishing it as the primordium of the testis or ovary. [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/anna MP:0011411 ]
Synonyms: indifferent gonadal ridge gonadal ridge genital ridge
Term information
- FMA:321917
- NCIT:C34184
- AAO:0011047
- NCIT:C34321
- SCTID:308801004
- BTO:0001402
- EFO:0001414
- EMAPA:35899
- SCTID:361399001
- UMLS:C1512243 (ncithesaurus:Gonadal_Ridge)
- EHDAA2:0004044
- UMLS:C0231047 (ncithesaurus:Urogenital_Ridge)
- XAO:0000018
- Wikipedia:Gonadal_ridge
efo_slim, pheno_slim
Term relations
- embryonic structure
- develops from some urogenital fold
- part of some embryo
- part of some genitourinary system