4.0 Learning aims, what you should already know, Introduction, delving deeper Learning aims What you should already know Delving deeper Introduction
4.1 Ovulation The female genital tract The ovary and the dominant follicle Maturation of the oocyte in the dominant follicle shortly before ovulation Review: The primary oocyte Termination of the first meiosis The secondary oocyte The role of progesterone in the follicle fluid The follicle that is about to rupture Ovulation The acquisition of the oocyte by the fallopian tube The oocyte in the cloud of cumulus cells following ovulation
4.2 Getting the spermatozoa ready Spermatozoa maturation steps Processes in the male genital tract Processes in the testis Processes in the epididymis The ejaculation and the ejaculate Introduction The glands involved in the ejaculation The seminal plasma The spermatozoa
4.3 The path of the sperm cells to the oocyte - capacitation Overview The cervical canal Sperm cell capacitation
4.4 The sperm cells meet the oocyte - the acrosome reaction Penetrating the cumulus cells The contact with the pellucid zone The acrosome reaction The penetration of the pellucid zone
4.5 The penetration of the spermatozoon into the oocyte The docking mechanism of the spermatozoon onto the oocyte (the key-lock principle) The polyspermy block The entry of the spermatozoon into the oocyte (impregnation) The termination of the second meiosis of the oocyte
4.6 The fertilization is complete. The formation of the zygote Introduction into the creation and development of the pronuclei The formation of the paternal pronucleus The formation of the maternal pronucleus Synthesis phase of the DNA in the pronuclei Approach of the pronuclei The formation of the zygote
