Menstrual Cycle

Question 0

First menstruation (12-13years old)

Answer 0

Menarche

Question 1

The transition between childhood and sexual maturity

Answer 1

Puberty

Question 2

Initially irregular, unpredictable, painless and annovulatory (some can ovulate)

Answer 2

Menarche

Question 3

What happens after the first year of menarche?

Answer 3

Develops a rhythm and there is mature ova

Question 4

Periodic uterine bleeding

Answer 4

Menstruation

Question 5

It occurs 14 days after ovulation and th cycle is usually 28 days on average

Answer 5

Menstruation

Question 6

How much blood is lost during menstruation?

Answer 6

20-80ml

Question 7

The outer covering of the egg is called?

Answer 7

Follicle

Question 8

What hormone is responsible for maintaining a pregnancy?

Answer 8

Progesterone

Question 9

What produces Hcg?

Answer 9

Progesterone

Question 10

What produces progesterone?

Answer 10

Corpus luteum

Question 11

What will continue to grow and maintain if pregnancy is present? This lasts about 12 weeks.

Answer 11

Corpus luteum

Question 12

What does FELOP stand for?

Answer 12

Follicle stimulating hormone FSH
Estrogen 
Leutinizing hormone (LH surge) 
Ovulation 
Progesterone

Question 13

What releases estrogen?

Answer 13

Ovum

Question 14

A woman’s menstrual cycle is influenced by what 2 cycles?

Answer 14

Ovarian cycle

Endometrial cycle

Question 15

Pertains to the maturation of ova and consists of 3 phases.

Answer 15

Ovarian cycle

Question 16

What are the 3 phases of the ovarian cycle?

Answer 16

Follicular
Ovulatory
Luteal

Question 17

Begins the first day of menstruation and lasts 12-14 days.

Answer 17

Follicular phase

Question 18

During the follicular phase the Graafian follicle is maturing under the influence of what two pituitary hormones?

Answer 18

LH

FSH

Question 19

The maturing Graafian follicle produces what?

Answer 19

Estrogen

Question 20

This phase begins when the estrogen level peaks and ends with the release of the oocyte (egg) from the mature Graafian follicle. This release is known as ovulation.

Answer 20

Ovulatory phase

Question 21

When is there a surge in LH levels before ovulation?

Answer 21

12-36 hours

Question 22

There is a decrease in estrogen levels and an increase in progesterone levels before what?

Answer 22

LH surge

Question 23

This phase begins after ovulation and lasts approximately 14 days. During this phase the cells of the empty follicle undergo changed and form into the corpus luteum.

Answer 23

The luteal phase

Question 24

The corpus luteum produces high levels of progesterone along with low levels of what?

Answer 24

Estrogen

Question 25

If pregnancy occurs the corpus luteum continues to release progesterone and estrogen until what matures and assumes this function?

Answer 25

The placenta

Question 26

If pregnancy does not occur the corpus luteum degenerates and results in a decrease in progesterone and starts the beginning of what?

Answer 26

Menstruation

Question 27

This cycle pertains to the changes in the endometrium of the uterus in response to hormonal changes that occur during the ovarian cycle.

Answer 27

Endometrial cycle

Question 28

What are the 3 phases of the endometrial cycle?

Answer 28

Proliferative phase Secretory phase Menstrual phase

Question 29

This phase occurs following menstruation and ends with ovulation. During this phase the endometrium becomes thicker and more vascular from increases in estrogen produced by the Graafian follicle.

Answer 29

Proliferative phase

Question 30

This phase begins after ovulation and ends with the onset of menstruation. During this phase the endometrium begins to thicken. The primary hormone during this phase is progesterone which is secreted by the corpus luteum.

Answer 30

Secretory phase

Question 31

If pregnancy occurs during the secretory phase the endometrium continues to develop and begins to secrete what?

Answer 31

Glycogen

Question 32

If pregnancy does not occur during the secretory phase the corpus luteum begins to degenerate and what else degenerates?

Answer 32

The endometrial tissue

Question 33

This phase occurs in response to hormonal changes and results in the sloughing off of the endometrial tissue.

Answer 33

Menstrual phase.