Lecture 44: Female Reproductive Microanatomy Flashcards
what are the female gonads
ovaries
what are the glands responsible for oogenesis and steroidogenesis
ovaries
oogenesis: definition
formation of oocyte
exocrine
steroidogenesis: definition
production and release of sex hormones
estrogen and progesterone
2 regions of ovary
cortex
medulla
ovary: cortex contents
oocytes and somatic cells
medulla contents: ovary
connective tissue
vessels
nerves
surface epithelium of ovary aka
mesothelium
2 types of somatic cells in ovary
granulosa
theca
functional unit of ovary
follicle
folliculogenesis
maturation process of ovarian follicles which ends with ovulation and corpus luteum formation
3 components of ovarian follicle
theca cells
granulosa cells
oocyte
atresia definition
degeneration of follicle
3/4 steps of folliculogenesis
recruitment
selection
ovulation OR atresia
recruitment: folliculogenesis
primordial follicle –> primary follicle
selection: folliculogenesis (assuming ovulation pathway)
secondary follicle –> tertiary/dominant follicle –> ovulation
selection: folliculogenesis (atresia pathway)
secondary follicle –> atretic/subordinate follicle –> atresia
what does tertiary/dominant follicle become
primary oocyte
preantral means
primordial/primitive
3 preantral follicle types
primordial
primary
secondary
2 antral follicle types
tertiary
atretic
primordial follicle: definition, maintained by, components
formed during prenatal development
maintained by mullerian inhibiting substance
components: primary oocyte, undifferentiated granulosa and theca cells
primary follicle: formed by, composition
recruited follicles as a result of activation induced by Activin A
composition: primary oocyte, differentiating granulosa and theca cells, zona pellucida covering oocyte, granulosa cells producing estrogens from androgens
-FSH from pituitary dependent
what do granulosa cells secrete
Activin A
estrogens
follicular fluid within cavities
what do theca cells secrete
androgens
secondary follicle: formed by, composition
dependence from FSH to LH, select dominant follicle
primary oocyte, zona pellucida, granulosa cells, differentiated theca cells, gradual production of antrum cavity
tertiary follicle: formed by, composition
results from selection
dependent on LH
antrum dominant, same composition as secondary follicle + corona radiata and cumulus oophorus
what secretion reduces FSH secretion
inhibine from LH