Secondary Oocytes and ovluation

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Sorry if this is a silly question, but I'm a little confused here

Is the secondary oocyte taken up fallopian tubes AFTER ovulation? And if it becomes fertilized, only then will oogenesis be complete, forming a mature ovum.

Is that right?

 

[ChEMD]

Yup, secondary oocytes are arrested in metaphase II. Upon fertilization in the Fallopian tube, they complete the second meiotic division.