hypothalamus secretes
gonadotropin releasing hormone - secreted by neurosecretory cells–> primary cap plexus—> hypophyseal protal veins –> secondary cap plexus —> (goes to ant pituitary cells) the basophils (gonadotropes)
basophils (gonadotrope cells)…
part of ant pituitary - synth and secrete folicle stim hormone and lutenizing hormone
FSH
- Stimulates maturation of an ovarian follicle and prepares the enclosed oocyte for ovulation
LH
- LH spike stimulates ovulation- release of egg from ovary
granulosa cell
surround maturing oocyte in prep for ovulation
-produce and secrete estrogen and progesterone= influence the uterine lining (the endometrium) to prepare for possilbe implantation
following ovulation…/
the granulosa cells remain behind ni the ovarian cortex form the corpus luteum= temporary endocrine gland
if fertilized then…
if NOT fertilized then…
Ovary - germinal epithelium
simple squamous or cuboidal epithelium.
-thin and clear
cancers most ofetn arise from which lyer/
germinal epithelium - 70% of cancers
ovary- tunica albuginea
ovary - Cortical region
ovary - Medullary region
OOGENESIS
the process by which mature ova are produced.
Sex cells
Somatic cells
Meiosis
is a reduction division which occurs only in germ cells
oogenesis and meiosis
-2 sequential meiotic cell divisions = msingle mature ovum and 3 polar bodies
prenatal primordial germ cell duplication (prior to meiosis)
46 single chromatid chromosomes (2n - 2d) –> duplicate during the S-phase
of Interphase —> form 46 double chromatid chromosomes (2n - 4d)
Meiosis I
OVaries at Birth
prior to ovulation
Meiosis II
AT OVULATION:
-At ovulation, the 2* oocyte is in Metaphase II and is released into the uterine tube hovering over the ovary.