Name: Immune Disease - AIDS
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 3 min 18 s
Description: AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) is a viral disease. It can only be transmitted through specific body fluids, so you can’t get HIV from just touchin...

Question

Explain how ovulation happens.

Accepted Answer

Ovulation is the release of an egg from one of the woman's ovaries. After the egg is released, it travels down the fallopian tube, where fertilization by a sperm cell may occur. The average menstrual cycle is $28 - 35 days .$ The process of ovulation begins with your body’s release of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), this hormone helps the egg inside your ovary to mature in preparation to release the egg later. Ovulation usually happens between $11 - 21 days$ of your cycle. A hormone called luteinizing hormone (LH) surges, triggering the release of the egg that's most ripe. When the egg is released, it may or may not be fertilized by sperm. If fertilized, the egg may travel to the uterus and implant to develop into a pregnancy. If left unfertilized, the egg disintegrates, and the uterine lining is shed during your period.

The menstrual cycle is the monthly series of changes a woman's body goes through in preparation for the possibility of pregnancy.

Explain how ovulation happens.

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