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