Female Reproduction and Menopause Part I Flashcards
What are the primary female reproductive organs?
ovaries
What are two main functions of ovaries?
produce ova
secrete female sex hormones
What female sex hormone?
- secondary sex characteristics
- ova maturation and release
- increases progesterone receptors
- increased sperm viability in female
- breast development for lactation
Estrogen
What female sex hormone?
- prepares uterus for nourishment of embryo/fetus
- contributes to breast’s ability to produce milk
progesterone
Which cell type in oogenesis?
- undergo mitosis until 20-24 weeks
- peak at 6-7M oogonia
primordial germ cells
What cell type in oogenesis?
- enter prophase I of meiosis to become primary oocytes
- enclosed by layer of pre-granulosa cells
- Development arrested in phrophase I of meiosis
oogonia
what cell type in oogenesis?
- remain arrested in prophase I of meiosis until just before ovulation
- meiosis resumed in oocyte released at ovulation
primary oocytes
how many primary oocytes are ovulated throughout life?
400-500
______ undergo mitotic proliferation just prior to birth
oogonium
_____ are daughter cells of oogonium that are arrested in first meiotic division.
primary oocytes
After puberty, one of these cells reaches maturity and is ovulated once a month until menopause
enlarged primary oocyte
The first meiotic division of the enlarged primary oocyte occurs when?
just prior to ovulation
The meiotic division of the enlarged primary oocyte results in what two cell types?
1st polar body and secondary oocyte
The second meiotic division of the secondary oocyte occurs when?
after fertilization
the secondary oocyte undergoes the second meiotic division to produce what two cell types?
mature ovum, second polar body
what is the fate of polar bodies in oogenesis?
degeneration
What happens to the secondary oocyte if no fertilization?
oocyte discarded in menses without completing oogenesis
Fertilization of the secondary oocyte triggers ____
second meiotic division
The second meiotic division of a fertilized secondary oocyte results in…
haploid second polar body
mature haploid ovum
it takes ____ to ____ years to complete oogenesis on a cyclic basic from puberty to menopause
12-50 years