28 Days

28 Days

From Buffalo Case Studies

Poll

My knowledge of the menstrual cycle is:

• nonexistent

• fair

• good

• very good

Poll

The length of a human menstrual

cycle is __ days:

• 20 days

• 24 days

• 28 days

• 32 days

• any of the above

Long story short

This original case started with two friends talking. One is very worried she is pregnant because her menstrual cycle is late. The dialog makes it very clear this worried friend has NO IDEA how her own menstrual cycle works.

The clearly smarter friend asks...

Open Ended

Can you list all the organs involved in the menstrual cycle?

Multiple Choice

How do hormones get from the anterior pituitary to the ovaries?

• gravity

• in the blood stream

• osmosis

• nerve impulses

Multiple Choice

Estrogen is produced by the...

• developing egg

• newly formed zygote

• pituitary

• sperm

Multiple Choice

Without the corpus luteum and progesterone, the uterine lining will:

• Remain the same thickness

• Increase in thickness

• Shed, i.e., menstrual flow

Open Ended

What questions do you have? (Reminder, I can see your name but I will not SAY your name.)

Multiple Choice

Within the female human body, sperm can survive up to:

• 1-2 hours

• 1-2 days

• 3-4 days

• 5-7 days

Open Ended

What questions do you have? (Reminder, I can see your name but I will not SAY your name.)