Testes and ovaries – both testes and ovaries are called gonads, which are the primary reproductive organs. They produce gametes, where the testes in male and ovaries in female produce sperms and ova respectively.
Rete testis and rete ovarii – these reproductive organs are homologues where the rete ovarii is the primary sex cord in females at which the vessels and nerves enter the ovary. Rete testi connects the testis tubules with the efferent ducts (Kulibin and Malolina 1486). Both of these organs are called Wolffian ducts whose function in reproduction is to transport the sperms and ovaries.
Efferent ducts and epoophoron – these organs are classified as mesonerphric tubules, which can be described as genital ridges next to the mesonephros. In males, the efferent ducts are thin tubules connecting rete testis to epididymis. In female, the epoophoron opens into the Gartner’s duct and are nonfunctional.
Epididymis and Gartner’s duct – epididymis in males and Gartner’s duct in females are classified under the Wolffian duct. Gartner’s duct is a remnant of the development of mesonephric duct and is located along the anterolateral wall of the vagina. Epididymis is the convoluted duct behind the testes and connects and transports sperms to the vas deference.
Scrotum and labia majora scrotum in males and labia in females are categorized as genital swellings. Labia encloses and protects the external genital and reproductive organs in females. The scrotum holds the testicles and the nerves and blood vessels in them.
Glans penis and clitoral glans – the glans organs are the glans penis in males and clitoral glans in females. Both are erectile organs whose reproductive functions include sexual pleasure. In mal, the glans penis is where the semen come out.
Work Cited
Kulibin, ANdrey and Ekaterina Malolina. “Formation of the rete testis during mouse embryonic development.” Developmental Dynamics, vol. 249, no. 12, 2020, pp. 1486-1499.