At Birth,a Baby Girl Has About 1 Million _____ Follicles

Question

At birth,a baby girl has about 1 million _____ follicles.
A) ovarian
B) primary
C) secondary
D) graafian

Accepted Answer

At birth, a baby girl has about 1 million ovarian follicles, which are immature eggs surrounded by supporting cells in the ovary. As the girl grows and undergoes puberty, these follicles will gradually be depleted until menopause, when the ovaries no longer release eggs. Therefore, option A is the correct choice. Primary, secondary, and graafian follicles are stages of development that ovarian follicles go through as they mature, but they do not exist from birth.