Getting pregnant

Question 1

What is the corpus luteum and what happens to the corpus luteum if the egg is fertilised?

Answer 1

Temporary endocrine structure

Makes progesterone to thicken endometrium

Question 2

What happens to the corpus luteum if the egg is not fertilised?

Answer 2

Stops making progesterone, decays and corpus albicans forms and endometrial lining comes away in menstruation