Cell Divisions & Gametogenesis Flashcards
What are the gametes?
Sperm and ovum
How many chromosomes germ cells have?
46
Is a sequence of events by which (oogonia) are transformed into mature oocytes
Oogenesis
When oogenesis begins?
Starts Before birth
The primary oocyte enclosed by?
Primordial follicle
Acellular glycoprotein surround the primary oocyte?
Zona pellucida
When can we say secondary follicle?
If the primary follicle has more then one layer
Dose primary oocytes form after birth?
Nooo
When primary oocytes begins the first meiotic(meiosis) division?
Before birth
When primary oocytes finishes the first meiotic division?
Before ovulation
When Primary oocytes prophase occurs?
Adolescence, because the first meiotic division end before the ovulation and ovulation occurs in adolescence.
If the follicle mature what happens to the primary oocytes?
Increases in size (علاقة طرديه)
What is the function of polar body?
Non-functional that soon degenerate
At ovulation the oocytes in which phase will be at?
Second meiotic division but progresses only to metaphase
When can the secondary oocytes finish the metaphase?
If the spermatozoa(sperm) penetrate to the oocytes, in other words fertilization