menstrual cycle

• The name for hormone production and release

  Secretion
• The way hormones moved about the body?

  In the bloodstream
• The organ oestrogen is released from

  Ovaries
• The role of oestrogen

  To repair the lining of the uterus (endometrium)
• The average length of the menstrual cycle

  28 days
• Menstruation


  The lining of the womb is shed through the vagina
• A follicle


  A group of cells in which an ovum matures
• The function of the corpus luteum

  To secrete progesterone after an egg has been released from the ovary
• the role of progesterone


  To maintain and develop the lining of the uterus further
• Causes the lining of the uterus to shed

  A drop in progesterone levels due to the corpus luteum dying
• The day of ovulation

  Day 14
• Where in the uterus does a sperm cell fertilise an egg cell?

  Fallopian tubes
• What is the role of LH?

  Triggers ovulation
• What is the role of FSH?

  Stimulates the growth and maturation of the egg follicle
• Where is LH and FSH produced?

  The pituitary gland