KINESIOL 1Y03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Zona Pellucida, Granulosa Cell, Zp3

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The ultimate goal is to combine the genetic material from the male sex cells (sperm) and the genetic material from the female sex cells (oocyte) The sperm then use their flagella to propel them up the tubes to reach the oocyte in the ampullar region of the tubes (outside the ovary) 1 oocyte is typically released during 1 menstrual cycle 14 days after the start of the cycle (ovulation) The oocyte only stays viable (able to fertilize) for 24 hours but the sperm can stay alive for 48 hours to 6 days. Time is super important when it comes to fertilization. It is called a secondary oocyte because when it gets removed from the ovary, it has only gone through one mitotic division (hasn"t completed meiosis) Polar body is made outside the plasma membrane because of an unequal distribution of membrane; basically a second tiny cell on the outside of one massive cell; will eventually degrade; provides no purpose.

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