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WorksheetsMenstrual cycle
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 10mins
The menstrual cycle is what type of rhythm?
Infradian
Ultradian
Circadian
Diradian
The menstrual cycle repeats every?
Month
28 days
Week
Year
The main function of the menstrual cycle is?
To make women have sex
To improve fertility
To stop reproduction
To make us attractive to men
Odd one out
Luteal
Follicular
Progesterone
Ovulation
In day 1 of the cycle women are in which phase?
Luteal
Follicular
Menstrual
Ovulation
Ovulation phase typically occurs on what day of the cycle?
1
14
20
7
Which hormone causes the egg to ripen in the ovary?
Progesterone
FSH
Oestrogen
Testosterone
Which hormones continue to increase if fertilisation occurs? Select two
Progesterone
FSH
LH
Oestrogen
Which phase is the final phase to occur?
Luteal
Ovulation
Follicular
Menstrual
Which hormone spikes and consequently causes the release of the ova into the uterus?
LH
FSH
Oestrogen
Progesterone
What is the main function of the luteal phase?
The shed the lining of the uterus
The thicken the lining of the uterus
To release the egg
To ripen the egg
What is the main exogenous zeitgeber involved in the control of the menstrual cycle
Light
The season
Pheremones
Hormones
What is the second phase of the cycle?
Ovulation
Menstrual
Follicular
Luteal
What are the main endogenous pacemakers involved in the control of the cycle?
Hormones
Light
The season
Pheremones
Which phase involves the egg being released into the uterus?
Menstruation
Ovulation
Follicular
Luteal
