Ovarian Cycle
This is the average length of a menstrual cycle.
What is 28 days?
This hormone is released by the anterior pituitary to stimulate follicle growth.
What is FSH?
Menstruation is the shedding of this uterine layer.
What is the endometrial lining?
Ovulation typically occurs around this day of a 28-day cycle.
What is Day 14?
This structure forms from the ruptured follicle after ovulation.
What is the corpus luteum?
These are the three phases of the ovarian cycle.
What are the follicular, ovulation, and luteal phases?
Growing follicles produce this hormone.
What is oestrogen?
Menstruation usually lasts this many days.
What are 3-7 days?
Ovulation usually lasts about this long.
What is 24 hours?
The corpus luteum secretes progesterone and this hormone.
What is oestrogen?
This structure contains the secondary oocyte before ovulation.
What is the Graafian follicle?
A surge of this hormone triggers ovulation.
What is LH (Luteinising Hormone)?
If the ootid from the previous cycle is not fertilised, this process occurs.
What is menstruation?
During ovulation, basal body temperature changes by approximately this amount.
What is an increase of about 1°C?
Progesterone prepares this structure for implantation.
What is the uterus/endometrium?
This event marks the release of a secondary oocyte from the ovary.
What is ovulation?
This hormone is primarily produced by the corpus luteum.
What is progesterone?
Name one common symptom associated with menstruation.
What are cramps, headaches, tiredness, breast tenderness, mood changes, bloating, or lower back pain?
Sperm can survive in the female reproductive tract for up to this many days.
What is 5 days?
If fertilisation occurs, this structure is maintained.
What is the corpus luteum?
This hormone stimulates the growth and development of ovarian follicles.
What is FSH (Follicle Stimulating Hormone)?
These two hormones suppress FSH production after ovulation.
What are oestrogen and progesterone?
Blood, tissue, and this substance are released during menstruation.
What is mucus?
The secondary oocyte travels into this structure after ovulation.
What is the fallopian tube (oviduct)?
If fertilisation does not occur, the corpus luteum becomes this structure.
What is the corpus albicans?