Follicular Growth and Initial Recruitment Process
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What is the process called when antral follicles develop to advanced stages due to FSH?

  • Perimenstrual escape
  • Initial recruitment
  • Cyclic recruitment (correct)
  • Primordial development

    • Which factor is suggested to play a significant role in regulating the process of early follicle development and atresia?

  • Progesterone
  • Members of the TGF-β superfamily (correct)
  • Follicle maturation hormone
  • Estrogen

    • What happens to the vast majority of the recruited primordial follicles during the process of initial recruitment?

  • Transition into antral follicles
  • Reach the pre-antral stage
  • Undergo apoptosis
  • Become atretic and do not reach the antral stage (correct)

    • Which hormone promotes the transition from the pre-antral to the antral stage and onwards?

    <p>FSH</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When do antral follicles escape apoptosis during the menstrual cycle?

    <p>During perimenstrual rise of FSH levels</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What allows antral follicles to become gonadotropin-independent and continue to grow?

    <p>Perimenstrual FSH rise</p> Signup and view all the answers

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