Vocabulary
The natural ability to reproduce is called this.
What is fertility?
This hormone triggers ovulation.
What is LH (Luteinizing Hormone)?
The first stage of female reproductive development.
What is puberty?
The cycle includes these four phases.
What are menstrual, follicular, ovulation, and luteal?
Infertility is the failure to conceive after this many months.
What is 12 months?
This marks the permanent end of a woman’s menstrual cycle.
What is menopause?
This hormone thickens the uterine lining and supports early pregnancy.
What is progesterone?
The stage characterized by monthly cycles of hormonal and uterine changes.
What is the menstrual cycle?
The phase where estrogen levels begin to rise.
What is the follicular phase?
This lifestyle factor can negatively affect fertility.
What is smoking/alcohol?
A cell in the ovary that can become an egg.
What is an oocyte?
Hormone that stimulates follicle growth.
What is FSH (Follicle-Stimulating Hormone)?
This stage typically begins between ages 8 and 16.
What is puberty?
The phase where the mature egg is released.
What is ovulation?
One medical cause of infertility.
What is a blocked fallopian tube?
This hormone is responsible for female sexual characteristics and cycle regulation.
What is estrogen?
The structure that produces progesterone after ovulation.
What is the corpus luteum?
This stage begins after 12 months without a period.
What is menopause/infertility?
Hormone that rises in the luteal phase to maintain the uterine lining.
What is progesterone?
Menopause affects fertility because of a drop in these two hormones (Name at least one).
What are estrogen and progesterone?
The hormone secreted by the hypothalamus to start puberty.
What is GnRH (Gonadotropin-releasing hormone)?
This hormone causes estrogen and progesterone to begin production during puberty.
What is GnRH?
This stage includes a window of 5–6 days for potential conception.
What is fertility?
This hormone surges to trigger ovulation.
What is LH (Luteinizing Hormone)?
How do irregular hormone levels or imbalances affect fertility?
What are hormonal problems can prevent ovulation?