Hormones | The Menstrual Cycle | Organs & their Function | True or False |
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What is FSH (Follicle-Stimulating Hormone)
Produced by the Pituitary Gland during the first half of the Menstrual Cycle; this Hormone sparks maturing ovarian follicle.
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What is FSH, LH, estrogen, progesterone, & Oestrogren.
Five main hormones for menstruation.
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What are Ovaries
They are "homes" for women's eggs.
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False.
Women can get their periods more that once a month and sometimes they go without it for months.
Every women gets a period once a month.
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What is Estrogen
This hormone develops girl's bodies and stops ovulation during pregnancy; produced by the Adrenal Gland and Ovaries.
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What is Follicular Phase
The first phase of the menstruation cycle
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What are Fallopian tubes
The "trail/railway" that the egg travels through
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False:
pain intensity differs from women to women
Menstrual pain is all the same for women.
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What is Progesterone
Prepares the lining of the Uterus for reception of the fertilized egg. Also, suppresses Oestrogen after ovulation has started.
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What is the Ovulation Phase
The "mid-point" of the menstruation cycle
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What is the Uterus
Where the fertilized egg "grows" and gets its nutrition.
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True
Ovaries are around the size of almonds
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What is LH (Leutenizing hormone)
Produced by the Pituitary Gland and stimulates the ovaries to produce Oestrogen and Progesterone and allows ovulation.
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What is the Luteal Phase
When the follicle is empty because the egg has moved to the Fallopian tubes and produces Progesterone, what is this phase called?
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What is the Cervix
Narrow pathway in between of the vagina and the uterus.
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True
Progesterone is very vital for pregnancy to survive
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What is Oestrogren
Produced by the Ovaries and promotes maturity in women.
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What is the Follicular Phase
The release of LH and FSH means the start of this phase
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What are Fimbrae
On the end of the Fallopian tubes and "pick up" the egg
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True
The human female egg is one of the smallest visible thing to the naked eye.
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