The Menstrual Cycle

Question 1

What is stage 1 of the menstrual cycle?

Answer 1

DAY 1 IS WHEN THE BLEEDING STARTS.

Question 2

How long does the uterus lining usually break down for?

Answer 2

AROUND 4 DAYS

Question 3

What is stage 2 of the menstrual cycle?

Answer 3

THE LINING OF THE UTERUS BUILDS UP AGAIN FROM DAY 4 TO 14

Question 4

What is stage 3 of the menstrual cycle?

Answer 4

WHEN AN EGG IS RELEASED FROM THE OVARY AT DAY 14

Question 5

What is stage 4 of the menstrual cycle?

Answer 5

THE WALL IS MAINTAINED FOR AROUND 14 DAYS TO DAY 28

Question 6

If no fertilised egg has landed on the uterus by day 28, what happens?

Answer 6

THE SPONGY LINING STARTS TO BREAK DOWN AGAIN AND THE WHOLE CYCLE STARTS AGAIN

Question 7

What day is an egg released?

Answer 7

AT DAY 14

Question 8

What are the three main hormones involved in a menstrual cycle?

Answer 8

FSH
LH
OESTROGEN

Question 9

What is FSH?

Answer 9

FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE

Question 10

What is LH?

Answer 10

LUTENISING HORMONE

Question 11

What does FSH cause?

Answer 11

AN EGG TO MATURE IN ONE OF THE OVARIES

Question 12

What does FSH stimulate the ovaries to produce?

Answer 12

OESTROGEN

Question 13

What does oestrogen cause the pituitary to produce?

Answer 13

LH

Question 14

What does LH stimulate?

Answer 14

THE RELEASE OF AN EGG FROM THE OVARIES

Question 15

Where is progesterone produced?

Answer 15

IN THE OVARIES

Question 16

Why are certain women with epilepsy prone to suffer more seizures at certain points of the menstrual cycle?

Answer 16

BECAUSE THE HORMONE LEVELS CHANGE

Question 17

What is menstrual cycle?

Answer 17

THE MONTHLY RELEASE OF AN EGG FROM A WOMANS OVARIES, AND THE BUILD UP AND BREAK DOWN OF THE PROTECTIVE LINING IN THE UTERUS