STAGES OF THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE

1. AN OVARY RELEASES AN EGG.
2. THE LINING OF THE UTERUS THICKENS.
3. THE EGG IS NOT FERTILIZED IN THE FALLOPIAN TUBE.
4. THE THICKENED UTERINE LINING BREAKS DOWN.-“PMS”
5. MENSTURAL FLUID IS RELEASED FROM THE BODY.-“PERIOD”

• EGG (OVUM) = SPERM IN MALES.
• FALLOPIAN TUBES IN FEMALES = VAS DEFERENS IN MALES.
  • o VASECTOMY (SNIPPED) VS. TUBIAL LIGATION (TUBES TIED)
  • OVARIES (EGGS, ESTROGEN, PROGESTRONE) IN FEMALES = TESTES (SPERM, TESTOSTERONE) IN MALES.
  • OVULATION= RELEASE OF EGG (14^TH DAY)

MENSTRUAL CYLE COLORING-DIAGRAM

• o FILL IN EACH LETTER WITH A DIFFERENT COLOR

1. UTERUS LINING-BOTTOM (THREE DIFFERENT COLORS)
   1. MENSTRUATION
   2. PROLIFERATIVE
   3. c.       SECRETORY
   4. ENDOMETRIUM
   5. HORMONES-MIDDLE
      1. PROGESTERONE
      2. ESTROGEN
      3. c.       LH
      4. FSH
      5. EGG: OVULATION-TOP

a.ALL ONE COLOR