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What is the primary female hormone?
Estrogens
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Are Androgens being produced in females?
Yes, though they are quickly converted to estrogens
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What is the purpose of the female external genetalia?
- Accommodation of the reproductive process
- Roles in Sexual intercourse and birth
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How is the female reproductive tract protected from invasion by pathogens?
Acidic mucus
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What is the purpose of acidic mucus in the female reproductive tract?
Protection against pathogen invasion
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What organs must spermatozoa move through before they can fertilize the egg?
Cervix and uterus
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What organ actions cause the egg to move from the ovaries to the uterine tube?
Combined action of fimbrial contractions and oviduct’s cilliary escalator
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Where does fertilization of the egg occur?
In the early fallopian tube (near ovaries)
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Why is important that the egg be fertilized in the fallopian tube near the ovaries?
So that the uterus has enough time to prepare for egg implantation after fertilization
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When do you have meitotic division of oogonia in females?
During fetal life
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What happens to meitosis of oogonia after birth?
Meitosis ceases and the final total number of oogonia are left
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How many oogonia do females have at birth?
Around 500,000,000 oogonia
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What is the process of haploid gametes called in females?
Oogenisis
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When does the first meiotic division occur in females?
Puberty
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How long can oogonia stay in their static state?
50 years
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The last division, the secondary meiotic division of the female gametes occurs at what time?
Fertilization
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When is the full sequence of meiosis completed in females?
At the time of fertilization
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In males, for every germ cell how many gametes are produced?
4
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In females, for every germ cell, how many gametes are produced?
1
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What is the difference between a polar body a gamete?
The gamete has all of the cytoplasm
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Both polar bodies and gametes have the same amount of genetic information (T/F)?
True
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Does the male contribute to the mitochondrial DNA?
No
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Does the female or male gamete contribute the mitochondrial DNA?
Female
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