Directions: Identify the following important events during the menstrual
cycle as to follicular phase, ovulation, luteal phase and menses phase. Write your
answer before each item.
1. The time when the lining of the uterus is actually shed out
through the vagina if pregnancy has not occurred.
2. A sudden increase in another hormone-luteinizing hormone
(LH) causes the ovary to release its egg.
3. Estrogen and progesterone act on the uterus to thicken
the endometrial lining in preparation for pregnancy.
4. It occurs in the absence of fertilization once the corpus
luteum has broken down and the internal lining of the uterus
is shed.
5. Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) is secreted from the anterior
pituitary and stimulates growth of ovarian follicles.
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Answer:
Luteal phase
Ovulation
Follicular phase
Follicular phase
Ovulation