MENSTRUAL CYCLE

FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

FALLOPIAN
TUBE
OVARY
UTERUS
CERVIX

VAGINA
 Menstruation (haid) starts when a female
reach puberty (akil baligh).

 Menstruation ?
▪ The shedding/breaking down of uterine wall
▪ blood flowing through the vagina

 Menstrual cycle(kitar haid)is a series of changes
that occurs in the uterine wall (dinding uterus)
and ovaries
MENSTRUAL CYCLE
PHASE 1 : MENSTRUATION PHASE

 Day 1- day 5
 Break down of
uterine lining
 Shedding through the
vagina
PHASE 2 : REPAIR PHASE

 Day 6- day 11
 Uterine lining start
to thicken
PHASE 3 : FERTILE PHASE

 Day 12- day 16

 An ovum is released
around the 14th day
(ovulation)
 Uterine lining
continue to develop
 If fertilization
occurs, a zygote is
formed
PHASE 4 : PREMENSTRUAL PHASE

 Day 17-day 28
 Uterus wall become
thick and rich in blood
vessels
 Implantation of
embryo on the uterine
lining if fertilization
occurs
 If not, the next cycle
begin
 Menstruation phase

Premenstrual phase

Repair phase

Fertile phase / ovulation phase

Women stop
menstruating when they
are about 50 years old.
This is called menopause.
 TRY THIS!

1) How long is one menstrual cycle?

28 days

2) List the contents of the menstrual discharge

(a) Uterine lining
(b) Dead ovum
(c) Blood
3) w: menstruation
x : ovulation
y : menstruation
4) a) Stage/phase z
b) fertile phase

5) The tissue on the uterine wall break down

and are shed together with dead ovum and
blood through the vagina
 QUIZ

1) How long is one menstrual cycle?

2) State all the 4 phases in menstrual cycle

3) What happen on the 14th ?

4) At which phase is fertilisation most likely to occur?

5) What happen to the uterine lining in phase 1?