Menstrual Cycle

Menstruation occurs on which days of the cycle?

• 1-5

• 12-16

• 24-28

• none of these

Which hormone is triggered by the release of Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone (GnRH) from the hypothalamus at the beginning of the female cycle?

• FSH

• LH

• Estrogen

• Progesterone

When the ovarian follicles are maturing, what hormone do they secrete?

• FSH

• LH

• estrogen

• progesterone

At around day 14 of the female cycle, a surge in what hormone triggers ovulation?

• FSH

• LH

• estrogen

• progesterone

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Where does the corpus luteum form?

• Ovary

• fallopian tube

• uterus

• brain

What hormone is secreted by the corpus luteum?

• FSH

• LH

• estrogen

• progesterone

Which happens if the egg is fertilized

• FSH increases

• LH increases

• Progesterone increases

• Estrogen decreases

Which is responsible for production of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)?

• placenta

• ovaries

• corpus luteum

• hypothalamus

When is the uterine endometrium the thickest

• right after menstruation

• right after ovulation

• after ovulation/ before menstruation

• right before puberty

At what point in her cycle is a woman most fertile?

• Days 1-5

• around day 14

• around day 21

• days 24-28