Which of the following are true regarding follicles in the ovaries? A. Beginning
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Which of the following are true regarding follicles in the ovaries?
A. Beginning at 6 months of gestational age and continuing through the prepubertal and reproductive years, primordial follicles are continually emerging from the resting state and lost from the ovaries either through atresia or ovulation.
B. Of the follicles present in the infant’s ovaries at birth, most will mature and release an egg (ovulate).
C. Oocytes in the primordial follicles are able to divide and replace themselves during a woman’s reproductive years.
D. The follicles contain two discrete populations of somatic cells, the granulosa cells that are stimulated by FSH to make estrogens (such as estradiol) and the theca cells that are simulated by LH to make androgens (such as testosterone).
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D. The follicles contain two discrete populations of somatic cells, the granulosa cells that are stimulated by FSH to make estrogens (such as estradiol) and the theca cells that are simulated by LH to make androgens (such as testosterone).
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