Female Reproductive Cycle: Ovulation PDF

Last edited: 10/15/2021 FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE: OVULATION Female Reproductive Cycle | Ovulation Medical Editor: Donna Stewart...

Last edited: 10/15/2021 FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE: OVULATION Female Reproductive Cycle | Ovulation Medical Editor: Donna Stewart o Follicular Stimulating Hormone (FSH) OUTLINE o Luteinizing Hormone (LH) I) OVERVIEW OF THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE These gonadotropins work in the ovary II) OVULATION AND THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE (C) OVARY III) HORMONE PRODUCTION IV) FOLLICULAR PHASE Releases androgens which are converted to estrogen, V) OVULATORY PHASE and the later release of progesterone VI) LUTEAL PHASE VII) REVIEW QUESTIONS III) PRODUCTION OF PRIMORDIAL FOLLICLES VIII) REFERENCES I) OVERVIEW OF THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE Figure 1. Overview of the menstrual cycle. II) OVULATION AND THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE Ovulation Figure 3. Ovarian follicle growth [BrainKart]. o Process where a mature female sex cell (ovum) is released by a Graafian Follicle to travel to the At birth females have stem cells (oogoniums) fallopian tube in preparation for fertilization o Diploid cells (2n) o 46 chromosomes Menstrual cycle  23 chromosomes from each parent o Periodic event of approximately 28 days o Become the stem cells that will be needed during the  Begins at puberty and ends at menopause, females’ reproductive years whereby reproductively active females secrete an o Prior to puberty the oogoniums will develop into a ovum into the fallopian tube during ovulation. primordial cell Normal menstrual cycle timeframe of 28 days: (A) PRIMORDIAL CELL o Normal timeframe = 21-39 days o Pathological =