Female reproductive system

Question 1

Undergoes cyclic changes roughly every 28 days especially the ovaries and the uterus;

Answer 1

Female reproductive system

Question 2

Controlled by pituitary gonadotropins FSH and LH which modulate follicle growth and development and hormone production.

Answer 2

Female reproductive system

Question 3

Paired, almond-shaped organ.

Answer 3

Ovaries

Question 4

Covered by germinal epithelium (do not form
oocytes).

Answer 4

Ovaries

Question 5

Innermost covering is the tunica albuginea.

Answer 5

Ovaries

Question 6

[3] Ovarian follicles

Answer 6

1. Primordial
2. Growing
3. Mature graafian follicle

Question 7

Consists of a single oocyte surrounded by 1 or more layers of follicle cells (granulosa cells )

Answer 7

Ovarian follicles

Question 8

Present before puberty, with a primary oocyte and a layer of squamous follicles.

[ovarian follicles]

Answer 8

Primordial follicles

Question 9

With stratified cuboidal epithelium; with steroid hormone producing cells (theca folliculi ); with primary and secondary follicles.

[ovarian follicles]

Answer 9

Growing follicles

Question 10

Precedes ovulation; with corona radiata which rests on a pedestal of follicle cells (cumulus oophorus ) Atretic follicles : out of 400,000 follicles, only about 450 mature, 99% degenerate by autolysis (atresia).

[ovarian follicles]

Answer 10

Mature graafian follicle