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Primary follicle in female consists of primary oocyte then secondary follicle consists of

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a

primary oocyte

b

secondary oocyte arrested at metaphase-II

c

secondary oocyte finished meiosis-II

d

ovum /ootid

answer is C.

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Oogenesis is initiated during the embryonic development stage when a couple of million gamete mother cells (oogonia) are formed within each fetal ovary; no more oogonia are formed and added after birth. These cells start division and enter into prophase-I of the meiotic division and get temporarily arrested at that stage, called primary oocytes. Each primary oocyte then gets surrounded by a layer of granulosa cells and is called the primary follicle. A large number of these follicles degenerate during the phase from birth to puberty. Therefore, at puberty only 60,000-80,000 primary follicles are left in each ovary. The primary follicles get surrounded by more layers of granulosa cells and new theca and are called secondary follicles. The secondary follicle has primary oocyte in it.

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