The nurse has completed a presentation on reproduction. Which participant's statement indicates that teaching has been successful?
1. Ova separate into two unequally sized cells.
2. A male is born with all the sperm he will ever produce.
3. Females create new ova throughout their reproductive life.
4. Each primary spermatocyte divides into four haploid cells.
Question 2
The nurse is explaining the difference between meiosis and mitosis. Which statements should the nurse include? Select all that apply.
1. Mitosis occurs in most of the cells of the body.
2. Meiotic division leads to cells that halve the original genetic material.
3. Meiosis is the division of a cell into two exact copies of the original cell.
4. Meiosis is the process by which gametes, or the sperm and ova, are formed.
5. Mitosis is splitting one cell into two, each with half the chromosomes of the original cell.