Embryology: Mullerian duct anomalies: practice question

The best answer is B, Fusion of the paramesonephric ducts. The paramesonephric (Mullerian) ducts fuse caudally to form the uterovaginal canal and uterus.

The gubernaculum is involved in gonadal descent and does not form the uterus.

Failure of canalisation of the vaginal plate causes an imperforate hymen or vaginal atresia.

Persistence of the mesonephric ducts would give Gartner duct remnants.

It tests Embryology: Mullerian duct anomalies in Anatomy. Total non-fusion gives uterus didelphys with two cervices and often a vaginal septum, whereas partial fusion failure gives bicornuate or septate uteri. Vaginal plate canalisation failure gives vaginal atresia.

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