Oocyte (Jacob Chipa, n10529187)

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