39 workbook ex 6

Question 1

The average menstrual cycle is approxiamately _____days in length beginning with the first day of menstrual bleeding

Answer 1

28

Question 2

the menstrual cycle is regulated by the __________and is dependent upon the cyclic release of estrogen and progesterone from the ovaries

Answer 2

hypothalamus

Question 3

during the menarchal years, an _______is released once a month by one of the two ovaries in a process known as ovulation

Answer 3

ovum

Question 4

ovulation normally occurs midycle on about day _____ of a 28 day cycle

Answer 4

14

Question 5

secretion of the ________by the anterior pituitary flan causes the ovarian follicles to develpoe during the first half of the menstrual cycle

Answer 5

Follicle stimulating hormone

FSH

Question 6

this phase of the ovulatory cycle known as the _______phase, begins with the first day of menstrual bleeding and continues until ovulation on day 14

Answer 6

follicular

Question 7

the _______hormone level will typically increase rapidly 24 to 36 hrs before ovulatoin in a process known ans LH surge

Answer 7

Luteinizing

Question 8

cells in the lining of the ruptured ovarian follicle begin to multiply and create the corpus luteum, or yellow body, during the ______phase

Answer 8

luteal

Question 9

the phase of endometrial regeneration is called the __________phase and will last until luteinization of the graafian follicle around ovulation

Answer 9

proliferative

Question 10

the endometrial phase after ovulation is referred to as the _______phase and extends from approx day 15 to the onset of menses (day 28).

Answer 10

secretory