BIOL 318 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Morning Sickness, Gestation, Menstruation

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Produce and store oocyte (egg) aka ovum, ova. ; 4 days for ova to move through. All eggs ever formed are present by birth: 1-2 million in fetus, 400,000 by puberty, 1000 by age 30. All eggs are in arrested meiosis 1. Each month: 6-12 eggs start to develop most die. One egg continues development: large follicle develops. Ovulation: released from ovary on day 14 of ovarian cycle. Menstrual phase: day 1-5 menstruation (menses) Growth phase: endometrium thickens from 1 to 3 mm. Menarche: average age= 11-12 (5th grade, range 8-18 and getting younger. Fertilization, embryogenesis, and fetal development 9/9/2016 12:3 embryogenesis biological stages of development. Ejaculation: deposited near cervical canal, hostile environment (200-600 million, mucus in cervical canal thins, allows them in (few thousand) Most occur within 24 hours of ovulation. Similar to figure 18. 1: corona radiate, zona pellucida, block to polyspermy. 50% of zygotes fail to develop: aneuploidy, genetic mutations, teratogen exposure.

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