Under Pressure
This is the contraction of a hear chamber.
What is systole?
This is the gland in the brain that releases hormones that affect the development of an egg in the ovary.
What is the pituitary?
This is the male gamete.
What is the sperm?
The valve between the right atrium and right ventricle.
What is the tricuspid?
This is the release of an egg from the ovary.
What is ovulation?
This is the discharge of excess blood and tissue as part of the female reproductive cycle.
What is menstruation?
The closing of this valve causes the Dupp sound.
What is the aortic?
This brings blood from the lower body to the right atrium.
What is the Inferior Vena Cava?
These two hormones result in the thickening of the endometrium (uterine lining).
What are estrogen and progesterone?
A human egg has _____ chromosomes.
What are 23?
This causes the aortic valve to open.
What is LV systole?
An egg will not develop and be released unless these hormones are released.
What are FSH and LH?
Secondary oocytes are held in this meiotic phase until and if they are fertilized.
What is Metaphase II?
This happens when the pressure in the right ventricle is greater than the pressure in the pulmonary artery?
What is the opening of the pulmonary valve?
This is the source of the ovarian hormones after ovulation.
What is the corpus luteum?
The unequal division of the cytoplasm as the oocyte goes through meiosis results in ____________?
What are three polar bodies and one egg/ovum?