COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Prementrual phase - ✔✔Place the phases of the menstrual cycle in the order that
they occur from day 1 to day 28 of the cycle.
thelarche - ✔✔The earliest noticeable sign of puberty is ____________ , the onset
of breast development.
pubarche - ✔✔This is soon followed by ____________ , the appearance of pubic
and axillary hair, sebaceous glands, and axillary glands.
menarche - ✔✔The very first menstrual bleeding is termed ____________ .
climacteric - ✔✔A midlife change when hormone secretion begins to wane is
called the ________..
, menopause - ✔✔this leads to the permanent cessation of menstrual cycles called
______.
GnRH (gonadotropin-releasing hormone) - ✔✔The hypothalamus secretes
____________ resulting in secretion of FSH and LH from the pituitary gland.
Ovaries - ✔✔FSH in females circulates to the ____________ where it induces
folliculogenesis.
Estrogen - ✔✔As a result, granulosa cells within a developing follicle secrete
____________ .
proliferative phase - ✔✔Rising levels of this hormone then induce the
____________ phase of the menstrual cycle.
LH (luteinizing hormone) - ✔✔A spike in ____________ then causes ovulation,
after which the remaining follicle cells form a corpus luteum.
Progesterone - ✔✔The corpus luteum then secretes ____________ which moves
the uterus into its last stage before menses.
Hypothalamus - ✔✔Where is gonadotropin-releasing hormone produced?