A Nursing Faculty Member Is Explaining the Process of Fertilization

question 25

Multiple Choice

A nursing faculty member is explaining the process of fertilization to a class of students.One student asks the instructor to clarify the term "secondary oocyte." What description is best?

• A) An oocyte in the secondary position during transportation
• B) An oocyte in which the first meiotic division has occurred
• C) The second egg released by the ovary during ovulation
• D) The second egg to reach its place in the fallopian tube

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