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Female Repro Physiology 1 Flashcards

1
Q

What is the surface of the ovaries made up of?

A

connective tissue capsule covered with layer of simple cuboidal epithelium

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2
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What is the cortex of the ovaries made up of?

A

connective tissue containing ovarian follicles

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3
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What is an ovarian follicle?

A

one oocyte surrounded by single layer of cells

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4
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What is the medulla made up of?

A

connective tissue with blood vessels

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5
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What part is the cortex?

A

Peripheral part

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6
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What part is the medulla?

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Central part

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7
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How many eggs produced per cycle?

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One

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8
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What happens to the number of eggs as age increases?

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Decrease

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9
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What 2 steroid hormones are produced?

A

Estrogen

Progesterone

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10
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What is the function of Estrogen?

A

develops female secondary sexual characteristics

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11
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What is the function of Progesterone?

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It prepares the endometrium for implantation

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12
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What is the name of the germ cells in foetal life?

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Oogonium

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13
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What do oogonium mitotically divide into?

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Primordial germ cells

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14
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What do primordial follicles contain?

A

An immature primary oocyte

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15
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What are primary Oocytes surrounded by?

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A single layer of squamous epithelium

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16
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When do primordial germ cells divide?

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They only divide in foetal life

17
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What happens to primordial germ cell division?

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There is an arrest in activity

18
Q

What happens once puberty starts?

A

Hormone secretion begins

Meiotic division resumes

19
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What does the release of hormones do?

A

They convert the primordial follicles into primary and secondary follicles

20
Q

What is the mature follicle called?

A

Graafian follicle

21
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What does the mature follicle contain?

A

A secondary oocyte

22
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What is a primordial follicle?

A

A primary oocyte with a single layer of squamous epithelium

23
Q

What happens to the primordial follicle?

A

It is activated by hormones and

converted into the primary follicle

24
Q

What is a primary follicle?

A

Oocyte (egg) surrounded by 2 layers of cells:
The zona
Cuboidal granulosa cells

25
Q

What happens to the primary follicle?

A

The oocyte grows and increases in diameter

26
Q

What is the secondary follicle composed of?

A

An enlarged oocyte surrounded by multiple layers of granulosa cells

27
Q

What happens to the secondary follicle?

A

It forms a tertiary/graafian follicle

28
Q

How is the tertiary/graffain follicle formed?

A

The secondary follicle continues to develop and between the layers of granulosa cells, there are tiny lakes of fluid which join and form an antrum(fluid filled space surround egg)
There is also an outer layer of granuloma cells

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