A comparative study of the thyroid gland development in the human male and female embryos and prefoetuses was carried out. The development of incretory part of the testicles was shown to occur earlier than the differentiation of follicles in the thyroid gland and the appearance of colloid in it. Sexual differences were noted in the appearance of follicles, connective tissue, nerve fibres in the thyroid gland (earlier in the male foetuses). The processes of organ differentiation in the male foetuses were more active than in the female ones during the whole prenatal period of development. A suggestion is put forward that the sexual hormones of embryonic testicles influence the thyroid gland differentiation.

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