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. 2015 May 12;2:1. doi: 10.1186/s40661-015-0008-z

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Transverse section through the urogenital ridge. Progressing from A to C, the paramesonephric ducts approach each other through the intraembryonic cavity and fuse in the midline forming the Mullerian structures (broad ligament of the uterus, fallopian tubes and uterus). *Adapted from Swadler, T.W. Langman’s Medical Embryology, 10^th Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2006: 246.