MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY

PHYSIOLOGY

REPRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Females are born with all the egg cells (gametes) they will ever have.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -You’re born with all the eggs you’ll ever produce. During fetal development, you have about 6 million eggs. At birth, there are approximately 1 million eggs left. By the time you reach puberty, only about 300, 000 remain.

Detailed explanation-2: -But both sexes have gonads: In females the gonads are the ovaries, which make female gametes (eggs). The male gonads make male gametes (sperm). When a baby girl is born, her ovaries contain hundreds of thousands of eggs, which stay inactive until puberty begins.

Detailed explanation-3: -Oogenesis is a complex process that starts during fetal life. At birth, females are born with primary oocytes arrested in meiosis I (diplotene stage) and no further oocytes will be produced.

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