at puberty the primordial follicle is converted into _____

still frozen in ______

Primary follicle gets converted into secondary follicle, using what hormone?

CUBOIDAL cells go from one layer of cells into several layers via the help of what hormone?

FSH is also stimulating (between 1 -> 2) proliferation of glycoprotein membrane known as the _______.

ALSO.....what other hormone is being produced at this step?

LH acts on _______, which causes cholesterol and converts it into _____.

Granulosa cells then convert androgens into _______ with the help of?______

How does FSH stimulates the production of estrogen?

early secondary follicle & thecal cells gets stimulated by ______, which gets converted into Late secondary follicle.

(aka: proliferation of cell layers continues)

FSH "tells" granulosa cells to start producing ?_____

(HINT: pockets of follicular fluid)

What else is happening during this step?

What are the characteristics of the Late secondary follicle?

(choose all that apply)

How come Primordial, Primary, Secondary, and Late Secondary Follicle are still considered a Primary Oocyte?

LH and FSH continue simulating the Late secondary follicle, which leads to the creation of a HUGE LAKE of follicular fluid called the _______

from late secondary follicle into ->________

Graafian cells have gone meiosis II

Graafian cells get arrested in_____

FOUR haploids is called meiosis ___

The cells directly around the 2 oocyte (graafian follicle) are called?____

from Primordial -> Graafian follicle, who is PRIMARILY stimulating ?

(AKA: we go from 1 oocyte -> 2 oocyte)

Follicular phase occurs from day 1 -> ?

The estrogen produced during the follicular phase, it goes to the blood and inhibits ____ secretion in the hypothalamus

&

inhibits ___ secretion in the anterior pituitary

when does estrogen start rising in the blood again ?

towards the end-follicular phase, estrogen stimulates the _____ to produce _____, and the pituitary to produce_____

at the end of the follicular phase, the graafian cell senses the rise in ______, which produces_____

What does inhibin B do?

What is the LH surge?

What does it do?

The step for ejection of the secondary oocyte is called?

When does that event occur?

What triggers this step?

at the ovulatory phase, the ______ scrapes on the surface of the ovary and creates a current to _____ the secondary oocyte

LUTEAL PHASE

When the graafian follicle gets filled with blood it is called ___________

what stimulated this event?______

Another name for yellow?______

During the Luteal phase, LH specializes the left over granulosa cells turning its color to ______.

LH converts the left over graafian cell into ________.

As LH continues to stimulate the corpus luteum, it produces____

NAME THE PHASE

From graafian into -> corpus luteum

What does the corpus luteum secrete?

Luteal phase is from day 15 -> ?