Answer the following questions.

1. What event is used to mark the start of the menstrual

cycle?
Answer: The event that used to mark the start of the menstrual
cycle, is the day that menses begins, which is counted as day 1.
(Menses is the endometrial hemorrhage excreted through the
vaginal canal.) The cycle ends just before the next menstrual
period. Menstrual cycles normally range from about 25 to 36
days. At these days the hormones FSH, LH, estrogens and
progesterone are in low concentration.
2. Which hormones are released from the pituitary gland at
the beginning of the cycle?
Answer: The hormones are released from the pituitary gland at
the beginning of the cycle are the: Follicle stimulating hormone
(FSH) and Luteinizing hormone (LH).

3. What does estrogen do to the lining of the uterus?

Answer: The estrogen do to the lining of the uterus is that it
causes the lining to thicken.
4. What signal later causes a rapid rise in the levels of FSH and
LH?
Answer: The high levels of estrogen causes a rapid rise in the
levels of FSH and LH.
5. When does ovulation usually occur?
Answer: The ovulation usually occur in 14 days before the start
of the next cycle.
6. What triggers ovulation?
Answer: A rapid rise in Luteinizing hormone (LH) triggers
ovulation.
7. After ovulation what happens to the ruptured follicle?
Answer: After ovulation, the ruptured follicle converted to a
corpus luteum.
8. What causes this change?
Answer: The cause of the change of ruptured follicle to corpus
luteum is, the ovulation which is caused by a rapid rise in LH.

9. What happens to the corpus luteum if the egg is not

fertilized?
Answer: The corpus luteum breaks down or having a
degeneration after 14 days, if the egg is not fertilized.
 10. What triggers the start of menstruation if the egg is not
fertilized?
Answer: The corpus luteum breaks down, causing levels of
estrogen & progesterone to fall. The lower levels of these
hormones trigger menstruation to begin.