1. Each egg develops in a vesicle of the ovary called a_______________ and is released in midcycle by the rupture of that vesicle, called _______________.

2. After the ovary releases an egg, the ciliated mucosa of the _______________ conveys itto the uterus.

3. Childbirth is achieved partly by contractions of the thickmuscular wall of the uterus, called the _______________.

4. Menstrual fluid is composed of blood and the surface layer, orstratum functionalis, of the _______________.

5. All the external genitals of a female are collectively called the_______________.

6. The female structure homologous to the male's penis is the _______________.

7. Each milk duct of the mammary gland ends with a dilation calledthe _______________ just before it opens on the nipple.

8. The flow of milk from the mammary acini down its ducts is inducedby the contraction of _______________ cellsunder the influence of the hormone _______________.

9. The midlife cessation of the menses is called _______________ and occurs during a transitional period of lifecalled the _______________.

10. Androgens of the adrenal cortex stimulate _______________, the growthof the pubic and axillary hair at puberty.

11. The last stage of oogenesis before meiosis I is the _______________, and the stage that is ovulated is the_______________.

12. A follicle is classified as secondary when it has developed aspace, filled with follicular fluid, called the _______________.

13. When an egg is ovulated, it is surrounded by a gelatinous layercalled the _______________ and, outside of that,a layer of cells called the _______________.

14. In the second half of the menstrual cycle, progesterone from the_______________ stimulates the endometrial cells of the uterus to produce glycogen andmucus.

15. The pituitary hormone _______________is secreted, but has no effect on the mammary glands, during pregnancy. After birth, itstimulates milk synthesis.

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