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Up to the ninth week of pregnancy, both male and female genital organs develop identically. Genital tubercle, labioscrotal swelling, genital fold and urogenital membrane have developed. | Up to the ninth week of pregnancy, both male and female genital organs develop identically. Genital tubercle, labioscrotal swelling, genital fold and urogenital membrane have developed. | ||
Only after that do the different external features emerge. Between the 11th and 17th week the genital tubercle becomes the [[clitoris]] in females, and the glans in males. | Only after that do the different external features emerge in the [[fetus]]. Between the 11th and 17th week the genital tubercle becomes the [[clitoris]] in females, and the glans in males. | ||
In girls, the genital fold remains open, in boys it grows together. It transforms into the inner labia and the clitoral hood in girls, and into the [[foreskin]] in boys. The labioscrotal swelling becomes the outer labia and scrotum respectively. | In girls, the genital fold remains open, in boys it grows together. It transforms into the inner labia and the clitoral hood in girls, and into the [[foreskin]] in boys. The labioscrotal swelling becomes the outer labia and scrotum respectively. | ||