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| The process by which gametes are produced in the mammalian body |
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| The process in the ovary that results in the production of female gametes |
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| The continuous and prolific production of mature sperm cells in the testis |
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| A type of reproductive cycle in higher female primates, in which the non pregnant endometrium is shed as a bloody discharge through the cervix into the vagina |
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| A type of reproductive cycle in all female mammals except higher primates, in which the nonpregnant endometrium is reabsorbed rather than shed, and sexual response occurs only during mid-cycle at estrus |
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| The shedding of portions of the endometrium during a uterine (menstrual) cycle |
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| A period of sexual activity associated with ovulation |
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| The changes that occur in the uterus during the reproductive cycle of the human female |
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| The cyclic recurrence of the follicular phase, ovulation, and the luteal phase in the mammalian ovary, regulated by hormones |
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| Ovary-specific stem cells |
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| A diploid cell, in prophase I of meiosis, that can be hormonally triggered to develop into an ovum |
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| A haploid cell resulting from meiosis I in oogenesis, which will become an ovum after meiosis II |
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| Stem cells that give rise to sperm |
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| A vesicle at the tip of a sperm cell that helps the sperm penetrate the egg |
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| That part of the ovarian cycle during which follicles are growing and oocytes maturing |
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| The release of an egg from ovaries. In humans, an ovarian follicle releases an egg during each utrine (menstrual cycle) |
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| That portion of the ovarian cycle during which endocrine cells of the corpus luteum secrete female hormones |
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| That portion of the uterine (menstrual) cycle when the endometrium regenerates and thickens |
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| That portion of the menstrual cycle when the endometrium continues to thicken, becomes more vascularized, and develops glands that secrete a fluid rich in glycogen |
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| That portion of the unterine (menstrual) cycle when menstrual bleeding occurs |
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| The cessation of ovulation and menstruation |
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