Key Topics
Stages of Follicle Development
 

Follicle growth from the earliest primordial (resting) stages occurs across three cycles. The final stages are hormone driven - click on selection for more information. Growth is exponential.

More information on the menstrual cycle.

 

Reproductive Tracts of Male and Female
Female
+ Follicle
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+ Primary Follicle
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+ Hypotaxis
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+ Follicle Growth
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+ Menstrual Cycle
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+ Secondary Follicle
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+ Gonad-Cell Theory

Male

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Testis
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Seminiferous Tubule 
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Cross Section of Seminiferous Tubule

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+ Mature Spermatozoan
      + Spermatogenesis
+ Hypothalmic
Fertilisation

 

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