Swine 2b Flashcards
What structure helps collect oocytes?
The infundibulum
Where does fertilization occur?
Ampullary-Isthmic junction
Where is the site of semen deposition?
The interdigitating pads
Where is GnRH released from?
the hypothalamus
What does GnRH stimulate? To do what?
It stimulates the gonadotroph cells in the anterior pituitary to release FSH and LH
What do granulosa cells secrete? What does it do?
Inhibin to privide negative feedback on the anterior pituitary
What do granulosa cells convert?
Androgens to estrogens
What do thecal cells secrete?
androgens
What do estrogens do?
Mature follicles and provide negative feedback at the hypothalamus and anterior pituitary
When do estrogens provide positive feedback to the hypothalamus?
When there is a mature follicle, estrogens are secreted and act on the surge center to increase GnRH release and stimulate the LH surge
What is a primordial follicle?
A microscopic follicle where the oocyte is surrounded by a single layer of squamous cells. It is immature and the smallest follicle in the ovarian cortex.
What is a primary follicle?
An oocyte surrounded by a single layer of cuboidal cells - it is the resting stage and the stage of the majority of follicles
What is a proliferating primary follicle?
Increase in size of oocyte and height of follilcar cells
What is a secondary follicle?
A follicle surrounded by several layers of follicular (granuloca cells) - there is no antrum
What is a tertiary follicle?
A follicle that forms a fluid filled cavity. There is differentiation of several distinct cell layers in the follicle wall
What is a graafian follicle?
a follicle that is near ovulation
When does a corpus hemorrhagicum form? What are the E2 and P4 levels like at this point?
During a metestrus phase: decreased E2 and increased P4
What structure is formed when estrogen is at the minimum and progesterone is at the maximum?
Corpora lutea
What is anestrus?
When the female is not cycling - there is no expression of heat over time
When does proestrus occur?
During day 17-20 of the estrous cycle
Generally, what occurs during proestrus?
The CL is undergoing regression, progesterone levels fall which allows for final follicular development
Specifically, what occurs during proestrus?
Tertiary follicle(s) and oocytes undergo final maturation
Estrogen levels increase
Dominant follicles are in the Graafian stage FSH and LH stimulate final maturation
The female becomes receptive
What does estrogen do during the proestrus stage?
It prepares the uterus and oviducts for sperm transport and fertilization (smooth muscle contractions and cilia movement)
It initiates uterine changes for later embryo development (uterine galnds and oviduct secretion