________ Ambiguous external genitalia
A)Adrenal hyperplasia
B)Penile hypospadias
C)Zona reticularis
D)Neuroectoderm
E)Coelomic epithelium

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Ambiguous external genitalia often indicate virilization of a female,resulting from congenital virilizing adrenal hyperplasia.Excessive production of adrenal androgens by the hyperplastic fetal cortices of the suprarenal glands causes masculinization of the external genitalia.A neonate with ambiguous genitalia,a palpable uterus,but no palpable gonads usually is a female pseudohermaphrodite whose condition is caused by adrenocortical hyperplasia.

________ Ambiguous External Genitalia