SB7d: Hormones And The Menstrual Cycle

Question 1

Assisted reproductive technology (ART)

Answer 1

Technology that helps to increase the chance of pregnancy, such as the use of hormones to stimulate egg release.

Question 2

Clomeifene

Answer 2

A form of therapy used to stimulate ovulation.

Question 3

Corpus lutem

Answer 3

A structure formed from the egg follicle after an egg cell is released from an ovary. It produces progesterone.

Question 4

Egg follicle

Answer 4

Cells in the ovary that surround a developing egg. The follicle produce hormones, such as oestrogen.

Question 5

Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)

Answer 5

A hormone produced by the pituitary gland that causes egg cells to mature in ovaries.

Question 6

In vitro fertilisation

Answer 6

Fertilising an egg cell by placing it in a sterile container then adding sperm cells.

Question 7

Luteinising hormone

Answer 7

A hormone produced by the pituitary gland that causes ovulation.