Period

Question 1

What does FSH do?

Answer 1

-Causes eggs to mature within follicles inside the ovary
-stimulates Oestrogen production

Question 2

What does LH do?

Answer 2

-triggers ovulation (egg released from follicle)

Question 3

What are the ovarian hormones?

Answer 3

-oestrogen
-progesterone

Question 4

What is oestrogen about?

Answer 4

-Causes the uterus lining to build up(preparing for the foetus
-inhibits FSH to prevent more than one egg maturing
-Produced by the maturing follicle

Question 5

What is progesterone about?

Answer 5

-Maintains uterus lining-which remains high throughout pregnancy, breaks down if there’s no fertilisation
-inhibits LH-so only one egg is released
-produced by the empty follicle-corpus lutem

Question 6

What is infertility?

Answer 6

The failure to achieve pregnancy after 12 months or more of trying to conceive

Question 7

What are the causes of infertility?

Answer 7

-Disease/infection
-inability for ovulation to occur
-unhealthy sperm produced-smoking,alcohol
-blocked sperm ducts
-blocked/twisted oviducts
-lack of mature eggs produced

Question 8

What happens at day 1?

Answer 8

Uterus lining breaking down = menstrual blood