testicular feminization
JLC has xy chromosomes, but cells don't have male hormone receptors (or malfunctioning).
ie. she's a dude
look at body shape.
does her back profile look male or female?
testicular feminization
JLC has xy chromosomes, but cells don't have male hormone receptors (or malfunctioning).
ie. she's a dude
look at body shape.
does her back profile look male or female?
med school.
hw she-male.
Testicular feminization syndrome: Now more appropriately called the complete androgen insensitivity syndrome, this is a genetic disorder that makes XY fetuses insensitive (unresponsive) to androgens (male hormones). Instead, they are born looking externally like normal girls. Internally, there is a short blind-pouch vagina and no uterus, fallopian tubes or ovaries. There are testes in the abdomen or the inguinal canal.
The complete androgen insensitivity syndrome is usually detected at puberty when a girl should but does not begin to menstruate. Many of the girls with the syndrome have no pubic or axillary (armpit) hair. They have luxuriant scalp hair without temporal (male-pattern) balding. They are sterile and cannot bear children. They are at high risk for osteoporosis and so should take estrogen replacement therapy.