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Unit 9- Hormones Flashcards

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Follicle Stimulating Hormone

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  • stimulates the growth of the follicle
  • blips at beginning of cycle
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Luteinizing Hormone

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  • causes release of egg from follicle (ovulation)
  • highest right before this point
  • turns follicle into corpus luteum gland
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estrogen and progesterone

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  • released by corpus luteum
  • cause uterine wall to be thicker
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estrogen (in birth control)

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  • blocks FSH so follicle never grows
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progesterone (in birth control)

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  • blocks LH so egg never releases and the follicle doesn’t turn into corpus luteum
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