Unit 1 Flashcards
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Define oogonia
Diploid cells, enlarge to form primary oocytes before birth
Most succeptable to tertogens
3 to 8 weeks or embryological period
During the first month of birth the baby is consider to be a
Neonates
Study of abnormal development
Teratology
Toward the head
Cranial
Relating to cavity lining
Parietal
Relating to the covering of organs
Visceral
To the tail
Caudal
To the belly
Ventral
To the back
Dorsal
Time of fertilization forms this from male and female gametes
zygote
Occurs in females
Oogenesis
Occurs in males
Spermatogenesis
Cell division resulting in a full replication of chromosomes
Mitosis, results in diploid cells (46 chromosomes)
Meisosis involving 2 cells divisions and results in half of the chromosome count.
23 chromosomes. Haploid
Crossover occurs
Chiasma
Oogenesis
Process by which mature oocytes are produced
Diploid cells enlarge to form primary oocytes before birth
Oogonia
Release of the oocyte from its ovarian follicle
Ovulation
Transport oocytes from the ovary to the uterus through ciliary action and muscular contraction
Takes 3 to 4 days
Place of fertilization
In the ampulla
Produced in the hypothalamus and passed to the anterior pituitary gland via the hypophyseal portal system
GnRH
GNRH stimulates these 2 hormones via anterior pituitary
FSH - stimulates ovarian follicles and estrogen secretion
LH - initiates ovulation
Number of Primary follicles begin to mature each month
5 to 12