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The development of the gonads is part of the prenatal development of the reproductive system and ultimately forms the testes in males and the ovaries in females. The gonads initially develop from the mesothelial layer of the peritoneum. The ovary is differentiated into a central part, the medulla, covered by a surface layer, the germinal epithelium.
-the follicles nourish and protect the oocyte during oogenesis, the formation and development of an ovum. -usu. one follicle matures and releases its egg during each menstrual cycle in the process of ovulation. -prior to ovulation, cells of the follicle produce the primary female sex hormone, estradiol.