Many women proceed through life, knowing that their period is just part of it, but don’t really realize all of the things that go on throughout the monthly process. While it seems that menstruation only happens once a month due to the cramps and all that comes along with a period, the cycle is continuous, they just cant physically feel or see it. There are actually a couple of cycles going on throughout the month, which they relate to one another. The two cycles in the female reproductive system are the ovarian cycle and the menstruation cycle. The purpose is for the two cycles to produce an egg and prepare the uterus for it to implant, if the egg becomes fertilized. Since the ovarian cycle and the menstrual cycle correlate, the ovarian cycle …show more content…
This phase is between the end of menstruation and ovulation. There is an increase in the estrogen hormone, which allows for all of this to occur. Preovulatory last from days 6 to 13, which begins to thicken the endometrium, it almost doubles in size. It is replacing the tissue that was lost in the previous menstrual cycle. Once the endometrium is replaced due to the high levels of estrogen, the next phase to occur is ovulation. This takes place on day fourteen of the cycle. Then the anterior pituitary gland produces luteinizing hormone (LH), which causes the discharge of the oocyte from the ovary. This is where the ovarian cycle and the menstrual cycle cross path, because ovulation happens at the same time in both cycles. It is then swept into the uterine tube to be fertilized, and then it waits to be fertilized. Lastly the postovulatory phase is days fifteen through twenty-eight, the most constant in the female reproductive system. An increase in both progesterone and estrogen causes the growth of the endometrial glands, vascularization (extend blood vessels) and thickening of the endometrium all in preparation of the implantation of a fertilized egg. However if fertilization does not occur, the levels of progesterone and estrogen causing menstruation and the cycle begins
The Menstrual Cycle known as a woman’s period is the physical bodily actions that take place monthly when woman reproductive system produces eggs in addition to fertilization. The Menstrual cycle splits into halves and contains the ovaries, hypothalamus and lastly the pituitary (Freudenrich 2015). This cycle lasts between 21 to 45 days ovulation depending on the age and menopause development. The female body matures in body penetration of the lining in the womb. The hemoglobin streams through the womb starting from the cervix all the way through the vulva.
This cycle tends to last anywhere from five to seven years and is shorter for hair on the eyebrows, armpits and pubic area. Inside the bulb of each hair is a component called the dermal papilla which controls the hair growth while the matrix of the hair, which contains a large amount of epidermal cells that rapidly divide, is responsible for the length of the hair. Next is the catagen phase which is characterized as a transition period between the anagen and telogen phases. At this time the hair bulbs are pushed out in order to become keratinized and the hair appears short and thick. This phase tends to only last between two and three weeks. During the telogen phase, no new cell division occurs, which means that the length of the hair remains the same. This pause allows the dermal papilla to fill up the matrix with new cells in preparation for the anagen phase to begin again. This phase can last between three and nine months. After this phase, the anagen phase begins again. The telogen phase is periodically followed by shedding, or exogen. This leads to the last phase, the exogen phase. This phase is characterized by the shedding of hair. Each day about one hundred hairs are shed from the average individual’s scalp. The shaft of the hair is shed and the follicle remains. Despite the fat that the exogen phase usually follows the telogen phase, there are exceptions when it does not, resulting in hair follicles needing to go
HCG which tells the body that it has produced to much ooestrogen. The body counteracts
should go through and if it doesn’t then the women has an irregular cycle. This process the movement of an egg to a fertilizing position, developing a lining in the uterus, then the shedding of that lining when the egg doesn’t become fertilized.
Prevention isn’t the only reason for birth control techniques. Health is another major reason for the growing popularity of the birth control contraceptives. COCs or combined oral contraceptives help regulate a women’s menstrual cycle by suppressing ovulation. (Cornforth) The contraceptives also can reduce the severity of cra...
Now a days there are several different methods of birth control. The first that I am going to talk about is called the rhythm method. As its synonym implies, this method is based on the assumption that, for each women, there is a rhythmic pattern of menstruation and ovulation that can be identified by keeping a careful record of the dates of menstruation. A second assumption is that
Ovulation induction through the use of different forms of fertility drugs is the most common type of assisted reproductive therapy. The drug known as clomiphene, delivered in the form of an oral tablet, is commonly used for ovulation induction. It is taken over a restricted period of time during the menstrual cycle (Jacobs, 2004). This can vary between patients and physicians. The drug functions by all...
The cause of endometriosis continues to remain unknown. It has been researched for many decades and...
The first period, the germinal period, is classified as the first two weeks after conception, that is identified by how fast cells divide and differentiate. During this phase a zygote duplicates. After that differentiation begins, this is where early cells take on their own characteristics and move to their predetermined locations. Once that is complete a cell mass will then become either a placenta or a nucleus, together they will become the embryo. The second period is called the embryonic period. This. Is this stage of development that occurs during the third to the eighth week after conception. During this phase, the basic structural forms of the baby's body appear. At the beginning of this period a line (the primitive streak) appears turning into the neural tube, and eventually turning into the central nervous system. in the fourth week eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and minuscule blood vessels (becoming the heart) begin to appear. Between the fifth week and the end of the embryonic period arms, legs, hands, feet, fingers, and toes appear. The final stage, the
Around the beginning of week four, the mother’s menstrual cycle stops. Multiple variables are too be taken into account as to why this happens. For starters this prevents the embryo from being washed away due to how small it is. The corpus luteum secretes progesterone, which stops stimulating hormones that cause your ovary eggs to stop growing. Without a new egg there is no possible way for the woman to get pregnant. Week five is starting to
the ovaries to release an egg once a month but in some cases they release more
Fertilization occurs when the sperm from the male and the ovum from the female combine to create a zygote. The zygote will then go through a gestational period which consists of three different stages. The first stage is the germinal stage and it starts from conception and ends at two weeks, during this stage the zygote divides and becomes much more complex and then implants into the uterine wall where it will then go on to the second stage. The second stage is the embryonic stage, this stage starts at two weeks and ends at eight weeks. During the embryonic stage the zygote has become an embryo and the organs and major body systems form and develop very rapidly. This is one of the most critical periods for physical development, the embryo is very sensitive to many different types of influences. The third and final stage of the gestational period is the fetal stage, this stage starts at eight weeks and ends at birth. During this stage the fetus grows approximately twenty times its previous length and the organs and body systems continue to develop becoming more complex and becomes ready for survival outside of the womb. Children grow the fastest during the first three years of their life, and they will never grow this rapidly again. As the child grows the child will go through various stages of physical development such as puberty and sexual maturity. After the first few
During a normal menstrual cycle, the lining of your uterus thickens and then sheds when a fertilized egg doesn't attach, resulting in your period. But when this lining starts to grow outside of the uterus, like on your ovaries or inside the pelvic cavity, it becomes inflamed, grows, and essentially has nowhere to go, says Ghadir. The result is severe pelvic pain, usually during your period, along with significant scarring to the surrounding tissue. It may also lead to large cysts on your ovaries called endome...
The female reproductive systems is made of 9 parts. The sex cell for the female reproductive system is called the egg or ovum. The egg spends it’s dormant life in the ovaries until it is released. The egg has 23 chromosomes within it. The ovaries have two goals: to create and house eggs and the release the female sex hormones, estrogen and progesterone. The fallopian tubes are what the egg travels through to reach the uterus. Fallopian tubes contain tiny hair-like structures called cilia; the cilia allows for mobility of the egg. The fallopian tube is roughly the size of 2 hairs, and is the site of where ectopic pregnancies happen. The process of the egg getting released from the ovaries through the fallopian tubes is called ovulation. Ovulation happens on the 14th day of the menstruation cycle The uterus is where the egg goes to after it travels through the fallopian tubes. The developing baby is held and nourished in the uterus. When the uterus is empty, it’s roughly the size of a fist but expands one an embryo starts to develop. The endometrium is the lining of the uterine wall. It’s used to protect the fetus. When the egg isn’t fertilized, menstruation ha...
Menstruation, also known as a menstrual period, is the monthly shedding of the lining of the uterus.