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SCIENCE
Quarter 2 – Module 3
(Menstrual Cycle)

Lesson

3 The Menstrual Cycle

At your age, you may already be experiencing the changes in your body related to
your stage of growth and development is called puberty. When a female enters puberty, her
reproductive organs begins to mature. She begins to experience menstrual cycle.

What Is It

The menstrual flow usually lasts for three to five days while the menstrual cycle lasts
for 28 days. However, other factors like stress, fatigue, illness, and malnutrition can alter the
cycle. The menstrual cycle will eventually stop when there are no more egg cells to be
released. This phase is called menopausal stage and could take place between 45-55 years
of age.

Menstruation, or period, is a normal vaginal bleeding that occurs as part of a

woman’s monthly cycle. Every month, female bodies prepare for pregnancy. If no pregnancy
occurs, the uterus sheds its lining. The menstrual blood is partly blood and partly tissue from
inside the uterus.

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The Menstrual Cycle The first day of
menstruation is
During this
the first day of
period, the
the menstrual
uterus
cycle. The
prepares for
uterus lining
a possible
breaks down
fertilization
and blood
and
comes out of
implantation
the vagina.
by making
the uterine
lining grow
and thicken.
27 28 1
26 8 2
25
3
24
4
Uterine lining
23 breaks down.
Uterine lining 5
Menstruation
22 continues to Occurs
thicken 6
21 Uterine lining
continues to 7
20 thickens again
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19 Ovulation
Occurs 9
(Usually on day 14)
18 10
17 11

16 12
15 14 13
At day 14,
ovulation takes Menstruation usually
place. Ovulation lasts for five days.
occurs when an Days 6 to 13 is a
egg is released repair period for the
by the ovary. The uterine lining and
egg cell travels development period
along the oviduct for an egg to mature.
and waits for a
sperm.

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 What I Have Learned
Complete the flow chart below.

Menstrual Cycle

Day 19-28
Day 1-5

Day 11-18 Day 6-10

What I Can Do

Answer the following questions:

1. What makes menstrual cycle important among females?

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2. What happens during ovulation?
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3. Why does uterine lining in the uterus thicken during the menstrual
cycle?

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 4. Does exercise help lessen the pain and discomfort brought about
by dysmenorrhoea? Explain your
answer.___________________________________________
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Assessment
A. Multiple choice. Encircle the letter of the word or group of words
that will correctly complete the sentence.
1. The thickened lining of the uterus flows out of the body during
. a. fertilization c. ovulation

b. menstruation d. urination

2. Fertilization happens in the ________.

a. cervix c. uterus

b. fallopian tube d. vagina

3. Menstrual flow usually lasts for ________ days.

a. 2-4 c. 3-8

b.3-5 d. 8-10

4. The union of male and female germ cells to form a zygote is

called _________.

a. fertilization c. menstruation

b. malnutrion d. ovulation

5. Egg cell is produced in the .

a. ovary c. scrotum

b. oviduct d. uterus