Female Reproduction

My current knowledge about the human female menstrual cycle is

• nonexistant

• I know a little

• I know a lot but not everything

• I know it all well

The length of a human menstrual cycle is ___days.

• 20

• 24

• 28

• 32

• Any of these

A woman has a 24 day cycle. She will ovulate on day ____.

• 6

• 10

• 12

• 14

• 18

This case is about Ann who is a

• single mother of 3

• a high school senior

• a married college student

• a faculty member in the biology department

• a waitress

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

• gravity

• osmosis

• the blood's circulatory system

• via interstitial fluid

• carried by nervous impulses

Unless a pregnancy occurs, the corpus luteum will degenerate after ___days.

• 6

• 10

• 12

• 14

• 18

Without the corpus luteum and progesterone, the uterine lining will

• remain the same thickness

• increase in thickness

• decrease slightly in thickness

• shed and produce menstrual flow

After ovulation, for the remainder of the cycle, a woman's basal body temperature

• does not change

• oscillates, generating hot flashes

• goes up slightly and stays up

• goes down slightly and stays down

Ann has a 32 day cycle. She will ovulate on day ___.

• 6

• 10

• 12

• 14

• 18

In the female human body, sperm survive up to

• 1 day

• 2 days

• 3 days

• 4 days

• 5 days