Hormone control of female reproductive system

Question 1

FSH

Answer 1

• Stimulates follicles to begin to mature in an ovary at the beginning of the menstrual cycle
• Those developing follicles produce estrogen, which increases LH production and inhibits FSH

Question 1

LH

Answer 1

-stimulates ovulation and this creates the corpus luteum
-the corpus luteum produces progesterone
Progesterone inhibits both FSH and LH production