Q1. Describe the ovarian events during days 6-13 of the follicular phase.
Q2. Describe the ovarian events two days before ovulation. What hormones influence these events?
Q3. What causes the final maturation of the follicle? How soon before ovulation does this occur? What is another name for the mature follicle?
Q4. What event occurs in the primary oocyte just prior to ovulation? What does this form?
Q5. What event occurs in the uterus during the proliferative stage? Name the hormone responsible for this event and where that hormone is produced.
Q6. Describe the events of ovulation. What hormone peaks at this time?
Q7. During the luteal stage, what structure is formed from the remaining luteal cells? What is the function of this structure and the hormones that it produces?
Q8. After the ovum is fertilized and implants in the uterine wall, what hormone is produced by the cells of the implantation site? What is the function of this hormone?
Q9. How long does the corpus luteum continue hormone production? What transition takes place after this time? What structures produce hormones in the place of the corpus luteum?
Q10. If fertilization does not occur, when does the corpus luteum become the corpus albicans? What effect does this have on hormone levels? What events do these changes initiate?