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| The hormonal control of the menstruation cycle is initiated by the ____ _____ |
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| ____and____are the hormones that are produced by the pituitary gland that stimulate and regulate the female menstral cycle |
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| Under the influence of the pituitary an ovum developes within a fluid filled blister on the ovary that is called the____ |
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| Ovulation occurs when the blister like structure ruptures and releases the mature ovum. shortly after this happens the blister rapidly fills with dividing cells that are yellow in color and secrete female hormones. The structure is called the_____ ______ |
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| The hormones produced by the corpus luteum are ____&_____ |
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| ovulation is stimulated to occur by high levels of ____ |
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| The average length of a normal menstral cycle is ____days |
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| ovulation occurs ____days prior to the onset of menstruation |
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| Conception can most likely take place ______ |
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| in the middle of the cycle |
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| The five phases of the menstrual cycle are |
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M- menstrual
F- follicular
O- ovulatory
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D- degeneration |
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| _____is a girls first menses |
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| Ovaries are involved in the production of _____and______ |
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| ______is the hormone that promotes pregnancy |
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| ____is the hormone that serves as the basis for pregnancy tests |
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| If fertilization does not occur, the coprus luteum begins to degenerate and the estrogen and progesterone levels fall. This is known as the _____endometrial phase or______ovarian phase |
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| ischemic endometrial phase, degenerative ovarian phase |
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| vaginal bleeding between periods |
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| follicle stimulating hormone |
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| primary follicle-"egg in the envelope" protective tissue |
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| as the envelope opens- more mature follicle |
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| this follicle looks fatty yellow, its getting ready for if a pregnancy happens. if nothing happens it degenerates |
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| time between the beginning of one period and the beginning of the next |
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