Mr. Rustand
Name: ______________________________
Menstrual Cycle Worksheet
Questions
1. What happens if fertilization does occur in the female?
2. Describe fertilization, including where it occurs. Check your notes.
3. Describe what you think happens if fertilization does not occur.
Hormone Levels in the
Blood
4. What do you think regulates
the
female
reproductive
cycle?
Follicle Development
5. What is a follicle?
Uterine Lining
6. In preparation for what event
does the follicle develop?
Time (days)
7. What is ovulation?
8. Two things can happen after ovulation has occurred. What are they?
a.
b.
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Mr. Rustand
Name: ______________________________
Peak in FSH
Peak in Estrogen
Peak in LH
Phase:
Phase:
Phase:
Peak in Progesterone
and Estrogen
Phase:
Causes follicle to
mature.
Uterine lining
begins to
Egg is
Follicle begins to
produce
Uterine lining
continues to
Fertiliztion
occurs.
Corpus
luteum….
Pair Up: Answer the following questions with your partner.
1. (+1) What do you think is the body’s
signal for “fertilization has occurred”?
see pg 401
2. Of what material is a woman’s period
made?
3. (+1) How do you think birth control works?
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Fertilizatio
n does not
occur.
Corpus
luteum…
Mr. Rustand
Name: ______________________________
Menstrual Cycle Worksheet Key
Questions
1. What happens if fertilization does occur in the female? Ans: Menstrual cycle
stops.
2. Describe fertilization, including where it occurs. Check your notes. Ans: in the
oviduct
3. Describe what you think happens if fertilization does not occur.
Hormone Levels in the
Blood
4. What do you think regulates
the
female
reproductive
cycle?
Follicle Development
5. What is a follicle?
Uterine Lining
6. In preparation for what event
does the follicle develop?
Time (days)
7. What is ovulation?
8. Two things can happen after ovulation has occurred. What are they?
a.
b.
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Mr. Rustand
Name: ______________________________
Peak in FSH
Peak in Estrogen
Peak in LH
Phase:Menstrual
Phase: Follicular
Phase: Ovulation
Peak in Progesterone
and Estrogen
Phase: Luteal
Causes follicle to
mature.
Uterine lining
begins to
thicken
Egg is released
Follicle begins to
produce
estrogen
Uterine lining
continues to
thicken
Fertiliztion
occurs.
Corpus
luteum….
Continues
to produce
progesteron
e
Pair Up: Answer the following questions with your partner.
1. (+1) What do you think is the body’s
signal for “fertilization has occurred”?
see pg 401
2. Of what material is a woman’s period
made?
3. (+1) How do you think birth control works?
-4-
Fertilizatio
n does not
occur.
Corpus
luteum…
Degenerate
s