After explaining how meiotic division occurs within the ovum, the nurse knows that the pregnant client understands when she makes what statement?
1. "The second meiotic division is arrested until and unless the oocyte is fertilized."
2. "Meiosis in the oocyte begins at puberty."
3. "The first meiotic division continues when the female infant is born."
4. "Fertilization does not take place in the secondary oocyte."
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Explanation: 1. This is true. The secondary oocyte moves into the metaphase stage of cell division, where its meiotic division is arrested until and unless the oocyte is fertilized.
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