Menstrual Cycle

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Menstruation
monthly breakdown of the lining of the uterus leading to bleeding from the vagina
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Oestrogen
Female hormone secreted by the ovary and involved in the menstrual cycle
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Progesterone
Hormone produced by the ovary that prepares the uterus for pregnancy
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Ovulation
Release of an egg from ovary
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Firtilisation
Fusion of the nuclei of a male and a female gamete
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Corpus Luteum
The remains of the follicle after ovulation
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Follicles
before an egg is developed
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Female hormone secreted by the ovary and involved in the menstrual cycle

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Oestrogen

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Hormone produced by the ovary that prepares the uterus for pregnancy

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Release of an egg from ovary

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Fusion of the nuclei of a male and a female gamete

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