Across
- 2. the cell which an oocyte develops into once fully grown
- 3. the process of an oocyte maturing into an ovum
- 6. a thick solution that fills each cell and is enclosed by the cell membrane
- 8. the average female human has roughly 400,000 oocytes during this hormonal period
- 9. the basic units of female reproductive biology, each of which contains an oocyte
Down
- 1. a membrane-bound organelle that contains genetic material
- 4. a cell in an ovary which may undergo meiotic division to form an ovum.
- 5. a released oocyte is surrounded by an _____________ matrix, called the zona pellucida
- 7. process where a single cell divides twice to produce four cells containing half the original amount of genetic information