A Difference Between a Primary Follicle and a Primordial Follicle

question 2

Multiple Choice

A difference between a primary follicle and a primordial follicle is that

• A) one has an antrum and the other does not.
• B) the oocyte is larger in the primordial follicle.
• C) the primary follicle is an earlier stage than the primordial follicle.
• D) the primordial follicle has only a single layer of flat follicular cells, whereas the primary follicle is comprised of cuboidal follicle cells.

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Definitions:

Monotreme

A mammal that lays eggs instead of giving birth to live young, such as the platypus and echidnas, belonging to the most primitive order of mammals.

Therian

A subgroup of mammals that includes marsupials and placental mammals, distinguished from monotremes.

Morphologically Resemble

To share physical similarities in form and structure with another species or entity.

Common Ancestor

An ancestor that two or more descendants have in common, from which they have diverged through the process of evolution.