This flashcard details the roles of FSH, LH, oestrogen, and progesterone in the menstrual cycle, including their secretion sources and functions like egg maturation, ovulation, and uterine lining maintenance.
FSH from the pituitary gland matures eggs and stimulates ovaries to produce oestrogen, which then stimulates LH release and uterine lining growth while inhibiting FSH. LH from the pituitary gland triggers egg release (ovulation) and stimulates the corpus luteum to produce progesterone, which maintains the uterine lining and inhibits FSH and LH. Progesterone from the empty follicle maintains the uterine lining.
| Front | Hormone Secreted by Function in menstrual cycle Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) Oestrogen Luteinising hormone (LH) Progesterone |
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| Back | Secrted by: -Causes eggs to mature in ovaries -Pituitary gland -Srimulates the ovaries to produce oestrogen -Inhibits FSH release -Ovaries -Stimulates LH release -Makes lining of the uterus grow again after menstruation -Srimulates the release of the egg from the ovary (ovulation) -Pituitary gland -Inhibits FSH and LH release -Empty follicle in the -Maintains the lining of the uterus during the second half of the cycle ovaries |
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