13. Folliculogenesis

primordial follicle

Follicle with a single layer of squamous shaped cells.

primary

What type of follicle has a single layer of cuboidal follicular cells.

secondary

What type of follicle has granulosa and theca cells and no antrum.

antral follicle

What can a secondary follicle become?

LH

Which gonadotropin binds to the theca cell?

testosterone

What hormone does the theca cell produce?

granulosa cells

Where does the testosterone travel to?

FSH

Which gonadotropin binds to the granulosa cell?

estradiol

What hormone does the granulosa cell produce?

hypothalamus

What does estradiol target?

positive

What type of feedback does estradiol have?

Recruitment, Selection, Dominance

What is the process of a secondary follicle becoming the follicle that ovulates the oocyte?

polytocous

What do we call species that ovulate multiple oocytes at once?

monotocous

What do we call species that ovulate one oocyte at a time?

inhibin

Which hormone is produced by the granulosa cell and decreases the amount of FSH being released from the AP?