page_title: Gubernaculum
hierarchical_section_title: Gubernaculum
caption_attribution_description: Sagittal section through the pelvis of a newly born female child.
context_page_description: The paired gubernacula are embryonic structures which begin as undifferentiated mesenchyme attaching to the caudal end of the gonads.
context_section_description: The paired gubernacula (from Ancient Greek κυβερνάω = pilot, steer, also called the caudal genital ligament) are embryonic structures which begin as undifferentiated mesenchyme attaching to the caudal end of the gonads (testes in males and ovaries in females).
caption: Sagittal section through the pelvis of a newly born female child. (Label for round ligament of uterus visible at upper right.)
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