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QuestionChoice
These are found in the anterior pituitary, and produce FSH and LH.
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e
Gonadotropic cells
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Granulosa cells differentiate into theca cells. The two work together to synthesise oestrogen in the follicular phase of menstruation.
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c
Granulosa and theca cells
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The dominant follicle released becomes the corpus luteum, which produces oestrogen and progesterone in the luteal phase. It also produces oestrogen and progesterone for the first ten weeks of pregnancy, before the placenta takes over.
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a
Corpus luteum
QuestionChoice
If the corpus luteum is not fertilised within ten days, it reaches its maximum development and then rapidly degenerates via apoptosis, triggering menstruation. When the corpus luteum collapses it becomes the corpus albicans, and marks the end of the luteal phase.
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d
Corpus albicans
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The antrum is a fluid-filled space formed from granulosa cell secretions.
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b
Antrum
Concept
Chapter
2693
3841
Menstrual cycle
Topic
175
Reproductive Physiology
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Which of the following secretes oestrogen in the luteal phase of menstruation?
a