Reproduction (Novak)-6 questions Flashcards

1
Q

A young woman with no secondary sexual characteristics, short stature, and webbed neck walks into the physician’s office. Her medical history indicates a karyotype labeled 45,x. This woman, diagnosed with Turner’s syndrome, is unable to conceive children, one reason potentially being that the site of oogenesis is non-functional. What is the site of oogenesis in a healthy female?

A

Ovary

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly