Sentences with phrase «producing ovarian follicle»
Recent studies have demonstrated that mouse ES cells can differentiate into female and male germ cells in vitro, thus producing ovarian follicle - like structures [1], [4] and testicular germ cells 2, 3.
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Reproductive Organs Sensing the excess testosterone, the pituitary gland and hypothalamus stop producing two key hormones — follicle stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone — that govern testicular and ovarian function.
«Ovarian follicles used to preserve fertility: Technique could be beneficial for women with cancer; study in mice produced live births.»
That geometry directly links to whether or not the ovarian follicles, organized hormone - producing support cells surrounding an immature egg cell, will survive in the ovary, which was one of the bigger findings in the study.
After ovulation, the corpus luteum (a fancy Latin word for the structure that remains after the ovarian follicle releases the egg) produces progesterone, which helps a fertilized egg implant into the wall of the uterus.
This type of cramping has to do more with the pain that arises from a follicle rupturing or «popping» in an attempt to release an egg (which may happen or may not, such as with PCOS where follicles are faulty and don't always produce a healthy egg or in peri-menopause when ovarian egg reserve is dwindling).
Estrus is described as the period of receptivity to mating and is linked with the production of estradiol (a type of estrogen) produced by ovarian follicles.