6.1 Female Reproductive System Part 4

Question 1

What does a mammary glands contain?

Answer 1

one to two dozens lobules each containing its own duct

Question 2

Where does the mammary duct begin?

Answer 2

nipple

Question 3

What do the mammary ducts end in?

Answer 3

alveoli

Question 4

How do ducts and alveoli compare in non-lactating breasts?

Answer 4

ducts outnumber the alveoli

Question 5

What are alveoli made up of?

Answer 5

cells that can produce millk

Question 6

What is needed for lactation?

Answer 6

prolactin

Question 7

What is lactation?

Answer 7

milk production

Question 8

What suppresses prolactin?

Answer 8

estrogen and progesterone

Question 9

When does milk production begin?

Answer 9

a few days after delivery

Question 10

What is colostrum?

Answer 10

watery, yellowish fluid

Question 11

What is the composition of colostrum?

Answer 11

similar to milk but higher concentration of protein

Question 12

What is oogenesis?

Answer 12

production of eggs in the ovaries

Question 13

When does oogenesis occur?

Answer 13

during development of the fetus in the womb

Question 14

When is oogenesis completed?

Answer 14

by the time of her birth

Question 15

How long is the reproductive lifetime?

Answer 15

puberty to about 50 years old

Question 16

What is the end of the female reproductive life known as?

Answer 16

menopause

Question 17

What are female stem cells?

Answer 17

oogonia

Question 18

What are primary oocytes?

Answer 18

daughter cells produced from oogonia that have undergone mitotic division

Question 19

What are the primary oocytes covered by?

Answer 19

primary follicle

Question 20

What secretes FSH?

Answer 20

anterior pituitary gland