In humans, ovulation occurs when an egg is released from a fluid-filled sac called a follicle, within the ovary. This egg then 'leaps' across to the fallopian tube, where it proceeds toward an ...

Ovulation can be more than monthly. By Jane E. Allen . July 14, 2003 12 AM PT . ... Reproductive specialists have long theorized that a group of egg sacs, called follicles, ...

Right at ovulation, the follicle somehow breaks open and the egg emerges. If the follicle doesn't break open, there's no ovulation, and the egg cannot be fertilized.

During ovulation, a mature egg is released from a follicle. The researchers studied 21 women with obesity and 21 women of normal weight, ages 19 to 38 with a self-reported history of regular ...

In the contraction phase, the follicle shrinks, which the team found was controlled by smooth muscle cells. It’s the third phase where the study really got into the finer details of ovulation ...

“When the follicle ruptures, which happens in the third phase, the egg is released and ovulation is complete,” said Tabea Lilian Marx, a doctoral student at the institute, who also worked on ...

The follicular phase is typically the longest phase of your menstrual cycle, taking place in the two weeks before ovulation and ending right when you start ovulating, explains ob-gyn Renita F. White.

During ovulation, a mature egg is released from a follicle. The researchers studied 21 women with obesity and 21 women of normal weight, ages 19 to 38 with a self-reported history of regular ...