Female Reproductive System (ANATOMY 2)

The levels of which hormones dramatically decrease at the end of the previous ovarian cycle, promoting the secretion of hormones from the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland?

• estrogen

• progesterone

• FSH

• LH

What stage of development does the ovulated follicle reach by the end of the follicluar phase?

• Vesicular (Graafian) follicle

• secondary follicle

• primary follicle

• primordial follicle

What do the follicle cells transform into after the release of the secondary oocyte?

(a)  

Which hormone stimulates the rupture of the vesicular follicle?

• a luteinizing hormone surge

• a progesterone surge

• an estrogen surge

• a follicle stimulating hormone surge

On what day of a 28-day cylce does ovulation typically take place?

(a)  

Which of the following hormones is produced by the corpus luteum and prevents the further development of new ovarian follicles?

• progesterone

• LH

• FSH

• GnRH

How long does the luteal phase usually last?

• 14

• 20

• 26

• 17

After ovulation, it is follicle stimulating hormone that transforms the follicle cells into the corpus luteum.

• TRUE

• FALSE

After ovulation, WHAT hormone transforms the follicle cells in the ovary into the corpus luteum.

• LH (surge)

• FSH

• estrogen

• progesterone

The ovarian hormones estrogen and progesterone are at their highest levels during the menstrual phase.

• TRUE

• FALSE