- Integrate your knowledge of the structural changes that take place in the ovary during
the cycle with the endocrine control of those processes
- Integrate your knowledge of the structural changes that take place in the uterus
during the cycle with the endocrine control of those processes
This guided study work should help you to:
• see in detail the significant histological changes in the ovary and uterus
• correlate these structural changes with the patterns of hormone release
• integrate these factors to understand the control of the cycle
You should be able to recognise the histological appearance of:
• small follicles - oocyte, follicular cells
• medium follicles - oocyte, follicular cells and zona pellucida
• large follicles - oocyte, follicular cells, theca, cumulus oophorus, antrum
• corpus luteum
• endometrium - proliferative, secretory ischaemic and menstrual phases
When going through the slides think about:
• the progression of follicular growth, ovulation and the corpus luteum
• how the pituitary gonadotrophic hormones influence the structural changes in
the ovary
• ovarian steroid hormones and their effects on the uterus and pituitary
• the changes in the endometrium during the menstrual cycle
this guided stufy goes well with the lecture in week 7 or 8 about this follicular development, it outlines teh homronal states that occur for these stages to happen
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it shows a primary follicle in which the large oocyte is surrounded by a layer of cuboidal follicular cells
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