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Folliculogenesis is the growth and development of ovarian follicles

Hydrochloric acid is the fluid in the stomach that is responsible for killing microbiota in food and is needed to activate the protein-digesting enzyme pepsin

The primary purpose of catabolic reactions is to use the energy and nutrients stored in food to produce the high-energy molecule ATP for cellular function

The ovarian cycle is a series of cyclic and predictable anatomical and physiological changes female oocytes and supporting cells (i.e., the follicles) undergo and includes the two interrelated physiological processes of spermatogenesis and folliculogenesis

The Immune System can be broadly divided into two general divisions – the innate non-specific immune system and the adaptive specific immune system – based on the specificity of an associated defense or response and whether you are born with the defense or response

Defecation is the process of eliminating solid wastes and undigested foods from the digestive tract

Spermatozoa develop within structures called seminiferous tubules within the testes, whereas oocytes develop in a structure called the stroma within the ovaries

Typically, female birth control pills work by providing a constant level of estrogen and progesterone which ultimately prevent the release of FSH and LH from the hypothalamus 

Unlike spermatogonia, oogonia divide into primary oocytes prior to birth

The functional unit of skeletal muscle is the sarcolemma