Classroom visuals
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![Fertilisation]()
Fertilisation
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![IVF Treatment]()
IVF Treatment
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![Sperm]()
Sperm
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![Human Foetus Inside Womb]()
Human Foetus Inside Womb
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![Human Embryo]()
Human Embryo
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![Human Embryo At 6 Weeks' Gestation]()
Human Embryo At 6 Weeks' Gestation
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![Chromosomes]()
Chromosomes
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![Sperm Cell]()
Sperm Cell
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![Identical Twins]()
Identical Twins
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![Protein Synthesis]()
Protein Synthesis
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![Pea Seeds]()
Pea Seeds
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Male Reproductive System (labelled)
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Male Reproductive System (unlabelled)
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Female Reproductive System (labelled)
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Female Reproductive System (unlabelled)
Film info
Film summary
A woman is born with all the eggs she will ever need and will ovulate 400 times in her lifetime. But what are human eggs and how are they released?Key facts
- A woman is born with all her eggs.
- Eggs are stored in the ovaries, released at a rate of one per month.
- A woman will ovulate approximately 400 times in her life.
- If an egg is not fertilised within 24 hours, it disintegrates.
Transcript
A woman is born with all the eggs she will ever have, stored in her ovaries.
Her eggs developed when she was an 8 week-old embryo in her mother's womb.
And they remain stored in her ovaries until she reaches puberty.
From then on a signal from her pituitary gland at the ...
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