True or false: the cycle
Exercise and reference answers
- Questions
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- Ovulation typically occurs on day 14 of a 28-day cycle.
- Statement is true
- No
- Statement
- The corpus luteum secretes mainly estrogen after ovulation.
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- The LH surge is what triggers ovulation.
- Statement is true
- No
- Statement
- The stratum basalis layer of the endometrium sheds during menstruation.
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- Roughly 99 percent of ovarian follicles undergo atresia rather than ovulating.
- Instructions
- Swipe or tap true or false for each statement.
Explanation
_Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology (CC BY 4.0), Ch 27, §Hormonal Control of the Ovarian Cycle & §The Menstrual Cycle, p.1296-1304_