Embryology Exam 1
1. What are developing gametes called?
a. Oogenesis b. Ovary c. Ovulation d. Oocyte
2. Which of the following parts belong to the uterus?
a. Endometrium b. Myometrium c. Perimetrium d.
Fundus e. All of them
3. Which stage of the oocyte is arrested in prophase?
a. Oogonia b. Primary oocyte c. Secondary oocyte
d. Mature oocyte
4. What is the cavity within a secondary follicle?
a. Graffian follicle b. Theca folliculi c. Granulosa cells
d. Zona pellucida e. Antrum
5. What is the main hormone which stimulates the growth of the follicles
and the production of estrogen by the follicular cells?
a. FSH b. LH c. HCG d. Estrogen e. Progesterone
6. What is the female organ called where gametogenesis occurs?
a. Oogenesis b. Ovary c. Ovulation d. Oocyte
7. Which stage of the follicle is marked by the surrounding follicular
epithelial cells that become cuboidal in shape and then columnar?
a. Primordial follicle
b. Secondary follicle
c. Mature follicle
d. Graffian follicle
8. What is ovulated?
a. Primary oocyte
b. Secondary oocyte
c. Oogonia
d. All of them
e. None of them
9. What is the thin internal layer of the uterus wall?
a. Endometrium b. Myometrium c. Perimetrium d. Fundus
10. Which is the hormone that maintains the corpus luteum during
pregnancy?
a. FSH b. LH c. HCG d. Estrogen e. Progesterone
, 11. Which structure contains the oocyte?
a. Ovarian Follicle
b. Germinal epithelium
c. Medulla
d. Tunica albuginea
e. Cortex
12. When the primary oocyte is pushed to one side of the follicle, it is
surrounded by a mount of follicular cells that projects into the antrum.
What are they called?
a. Granulosa layer
b. Zona pellucida
c. Theca folliculi
d. Cumulus oophorus
13. All these statements are true except for?
a. The amniotic cavity appears as a space between the
cytotrophoblast and embryoblast.
b. The embryoblast differentiates into a bilaminar embryonic disc:
epiblast, and hypoblast.
c. The prechordal plate develops as a localized thickening of the
epiblast.
d. The prechordal plate indicates the future cranial region of the
embryo and the future site of the mouth.
e. The prechordal plate is also an important organizer of the head
region.
14. What is the glycoprotein coat which surrounds the oocyte?
a. Graffian follicle
b. Theca folliculi
c. Granulosa cells
d. Zona pellucida
e. Antrum
15. All these statements are true except for?
1. What are developing gametes called?
a. Oogenesis b. Ovary c. Ovulation d. Oocyte
2. Which of the following parts belong to the uterus?
a. Endometrium b. Myometrium c. Perimetrium d.
Fundus e. All of them
3. Which stage of the oocyte is arrested in prophase?
a. Oogonia b. Primary oocyte c. Secondary oocyte
d. Mature oocyte
4. What is the cavity within a secondary follicle?
a. Graffian follicle b. Theca folliculi c. Granulosa cells
d. Zona pellucida e. Antrum
5. What is the main hormone which stimulates the growth of the follicles
and the production of estrogen by the follicular cells?
a. FSH b. LH c. HCG d. Estrogen e. Progesterone
6. What is the female organ called where gametogenesis occurs?
a. Oogenesis b. Ovary c. Ovulation d. Oocyte
7. Which stage of the follicle is marked by the surrounding follicular
epithelial cells that become cuboidal in shape and then columnar?
a. Primordial follicle
b. Secondary follicle
c. Mature follicle
d. Graffian follicle
8. What is ovulated?
a. Primary oocyte
b. Secondary oocyte
c. Oogonia
d. All of them
e. None of them
9. What is the thin internal layer of the uterus wall?
a. Endometrium b. Myometrium c. Perimetrium d. Fundus
10. Which is the hormone that maintains the corpus luteum during
pregnancy?
a. FSH b. LH c. HCG d. Estrogen e. Progesterone
, 11. Which structure contains the oocyte?
a. Ovarian Follicle
b. Germinal epithelium
c. Medulla
d. Tunica albuginea
e. Cortex
12. When the primary oocyte is pushed to one side of the follicle, it is
surrounded by a mount of follicular cells that projects into the antrum.
What are they called?
a. Granulosa layer
b. Zona pellucida
c. Theca folliculi
d. Cumulus oophorus
13. All these statements are true except for?
a. The amniotic cavity appears as a space between the
cytotrophoblast and embryoblast.
b. The embryoblast differentiates into a bilaminar embryonic disc:
epiblast, and hypoblast.
c. The prechordal plate develops as a localized thickening of the
epiblast.
d. The prechordal plate indicates the future cranial region of the
embryo and the future site of the mouth.
e. The prechordal plate is also an important organizer of the head
region.
14. What is the glycoprotein coat which surrounds the oocyte?
a. Graffian follicle
b. Theca folliculi
c. Granulosa cells
d. Zona pellucida
e. Antrum
15. All these statements are true except for?
