Hormones
Ovaries
Egg Cells
Organ Definitions and Functions
100

The hormone that peaks during ovulation.

What is luteinizing hormone?

100

The amount of gonads a woman has.

What is 2?

100

The definition of folliculogenesis.

What is the process by which the egg cell develops and matures within the ovary?

100

The name of the finger-like projections near the ovaries.

What are fimbriae?

200

The hormone produced by the hypothalamus.

What is GnRH?

200

Two phases that comprise the ovarian cycle.

What are the follicular and luteal phases?

200

The amount of ova released in one menstrual cycle.

What is 1?

200

The function of the endometrium.

What is a uterine lining that thickens in preparation for pregnancy?

300

Two main ovarian cycle-related hormones produced in the pituitary gland.

What are follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone?

300

The average length of an ovulation cycle.

What is 28 days?

300

The amount of polar bodies produced through oogenesis.

What is 3?

300
The name of the male gonads.

What are testes/testicles?

400

The hormone granulosa cells secrete.

What is progesterone?

400

The day ovulation occurs in a cycle.

What is the 14th day of a menstrual cycle?

400

The phase of meiosis an oocyte stops at before maturation.

What is metaphase II?

400

The low, narrow end of the uterus.

What is the cervix?

500

The full name of GnRH.

What is gonadotropin hormone-releasing hormone?

500

The cells comprising the corpus luteum.

What are follicular theca and granulosa cells?

500
The approximate amount of oocytes that die in each cycle.
What is 1,000 oocytes?
500

Function of the Cowper's gland.

What is lubricating the urethra?

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