The Hormonal Control of the Menstrual Cycle

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oestrogen inhibits FSH production & stimulates LH production

LH stimulates ovulation & formation of the corpus luteum

FSH 9
corpus luteum secretes progesterone progesterone inhibits FSH production

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FSH increases

LH

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ovary secretes oestrogen

oestrogen progesterone 10
progesterone maintains the uterus lining

FSH causes an egg to develop inside a follicle

corpus luteum disintegrates & progesterone falls

menstruation

oestrogen brings about repair of 4 uterus lining

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menstruation starts

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Using Hormones to Control the Human Population

How can these important facts be used to control the population?

FSH
FSH stimulates an egg to develop inside a follicle
oestrogen inhibits FSH production

LH
progesterone inhibits FSH production

oestrogen progesterone

menstruation

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day

Using Hormones to Control the Human Population

Fertility treatment: Inject FSH into women who dont produce enough of their own to stimulate eggs to develop Contraception: Oral doses of the contraceptive pill, containing oestrogen & progesterone, inhibit FSH production so eggs do not develop and ovulation does not occur