Question

True or False

_________12. Spermatogonia lining the seminiferous tubule undergo meiosis to form primary spermatocytes.

13. The female reproductive system breast-feeds a baby before birth.

14. The uterus is where a fetus grows and develops until birth.

15. A female produces all the eggs she will ever make before birth.

16. Two pituitary hormones — follicle hormone and luteinizing-stimulating hormone — start puberty in girls.

17. Menarche is the beginning of menstruation.

18. After menstruation begins, two eggs typically matures each month — one from each ovary.

19. During oogenesis, one primary oocyte produces four mature eggs.

20. During ovulation, the follicle that protects the developing egg ruptures, and the oocyte is forced out of the ovary.

21. If fertilization is to occur, it will happen in a fallopian tube.

22. A mature egg forms only if a secondary oocyte is fertilized by a sperm.

23. During oogenesis, the cytoplasm divides equally between the resulting cells.

24. The average menstrual cycle lasts between 4 and 6 weeks

. 25. During menstruation, the endometrium breaks away from the uterus and is discarded from the body.

26. Ovulation occurs around the middle of a monthly cycle

Answer 1

12. FALSE (they undergo mitosis)

13. FALSE

14. TRUE.

15. TRUE (the total number of eggs that a woman will produce during her lifetime is fixed and they are developed early on and later in life during menstrual cycles, one by one egg matures)

16. TRUE.

17.TRUE (its the first occurance of menstruation)

18. FALSE (only one egg per month)

19. FALSE (one oocyte gives one egg)

20. TRUE (it goes to fallopian tube)

21. TRUE.

22. TRUE

23. FALSE (it divides unequally)

24. TRUE

25. FALSE (Not the whle endometrium, just the superficial layer of endometrium sheds off)

26. TRUE

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