Arising from the upper portion of the uterus on each side are theFallopian tubes. These are channels that allow eggs from the ovaries to enter the uterus. The process of fertilizationof an egg by a sperm cell typically happens in the Fallopian tubes, and the fertilized egg moves into the u...
On the other hand, females have meiosis occurring in the fetus before birth, and eggs are produced in the ovaries. Only one egg is viable from the four produced via meiosis, and the other three become polar bodies. Mitotic division of the germ cells produces spermatogonia (male) and oogonia...
For this reason, scientists call these proteinsresident proteins. Other proteins will undergo modification, sorting and shipping to other areas of the cell. However, a large number of the proteins built in the RER are labeled for secretion from the cell. This means that after modification and ...
Testes in males are analogous to the female ovaries. They produce sex hormones called androgens (primarily testosterone) in the process of steroidogenesis and are the place of spermatogenesis, the production of sperm. The function of the testes is controlled by the adenohypophysis (anterior pituitar...
Depending upon the numbers of locules, following types of ovaries can be recognized (Fig. 6.15). Mostly the number of locules corresponds to the number of carpels, but this is not the rule, because sometimes the number of locules may be more than the number of carpels due to the forma...
You can't feel the uterus from outside your body...it's buried pretty deeply in your lower abdomen. Fallopian Tubes and Ovaries: Every month your ovaries shoot out an egg and send it floating happily down the uterus, where it will hang around in hopes of meeting up with some sperm to...
Cervix, lowest region of the uterus; it attaches the uterus to the vagina and provides a passage between the vaginal cavity and the uterine cavity. The cervix, only about 4 centimeters (1.6 inches) long, projects about 2 centimeters into the upper vagina