Menstrual Hormonal Control

What is a hormone?
Chemicals that are produced in one part of the body and used in another

What system is responsible for the production of hormones?
The Endocrine System

Sketch a picture of the female reproductive system. Include the oviduct, ovaries, uterus, cervix and vagina.

Where does the embryo undergo most of its development?
Uterus

What is another name for the fallopian tube?
oviduct

Where does fertilization take place?
oviduct, (or fallopian tubes)

What is ovulation?
Changes that occur to the ovaries during the menstrual cycle

What is the follicle converted to?
A Corpus Luteum

What happens during the flow phase?
Hormone production stops. Uterus lining sloughs off.

What happens during the follicular phase?
Follicle gets bigger and produces a hormone which makes uterus lining thicker.

What happens during the luteal phase?
Follicle is converted into a corpus luteum. this makes the uterus thicken more.

What happens to the uterine lining during the first phase?
It sloughs

What are the four hormones that control the menstrual cycle?
LH, FSH, Progestrerone, Estrogen

As FSH increases in concentration in the blood , the follicle is?
Developing

When the follicle ruptures it releases what?
Ova

What is considered the hormone of pregnancy?
Progesterone

What is the rhythm method?
Birth control in which you utry to anticipate the days of the ovulation

What do you call a couple using the rhythm method?
parents...

bad joke.

What is menopause? What causes it?
The cessation of menstruation, The cessation of Lh.

When does fertilization occur?
When the sperm and the ova combine in the oviducts

When is a zygote formed?
When the sperm and the ova combine.

What is a placenta?
IT transfers material between the embyro and uterus