Before menopause, women release every month an egg. Discuss how follicles evolve in the ovaries before ovulation. Respond to two other students analyzing their initial post.
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Jean Marin
Wednesday Dec 8 at 12:43pm
Before menopause a woman is able to release an egg every month, this process happens by producing follicle stimulating hormone by the pituitary gland. Ripening of the follicles results to an increase in estrogen levels. The follicles are small sacs of fluids in the ovaries that contain a developing egg. A woman begins puberty with about 300K to 400K eggs and through the menstrual cycles an amount of follicles will mature and grow in to contain an egg. The egg follicles grow within several months before they are ready to release an egg, there are also different stages that the ovaries are given to grow. If the egg does not reach its maturity then it will die through atresia.
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Leuky Cuevas
Thursday Dec 9 at 4:28pm
Hello class,
The follicular phase is the average time from day one of the period to ovulation. In this phase, the levels of follicle-stimulating hormones increase and stimulate the development of the follicles of the ovaries. How well do we know that each follicle has an oval which produces estrogens and where their levels rise as the ovary prepares to release an egg. The ovulation phase has an average time of 16 to 32 hours. The follicles are responsible for causing the synthesis and secretion of estradiol whose function is to block the production of FSH through the pituitary. However, this causes the follicles or attics to not survive and continue to develop. The predominant follicle is Graff’s follicle, it measures 18mm before the ovulation process. After this process, then Graff’s follicle ruptures due to ovulation, where the egg is released into the fallopian tube.
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