ANAT 381 Lecture 4: 4- Lecture 4

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Fertilization- 3 steps to getting to the egg. When an egg develops in a follicle, it"s completely enclosed by the follicular granulosa cells. In the antral follicle, the cells around the oocyte = cumulus granulosa cells, and on the wall of the follicle = mural granulosa cells. At ovulation, when the egg pops out of the oocyte, it"s still enclosed by the cumulus granulosa cells. What remains is the rest of the follicle (mural granulosa cells and theca cells become the corpus luteum). cells . The unit involved in fertilization is thus the egg surrounded by the cumulus. The secretion of hyaluronic acid pushes the cumulus cells apart. The sperm will have to digest it way between the cumulus cells through the cumulus cell matrix to get to the oocyte. 2- penetration through the zona pellucida (extracellular matrix secreted by the.

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