Female Cycle Quick Notes

What is the difference between estrous and menstrual?

estrous reabsorbs and menstrual bleeds

What is the endometrial status in the estrous cycle?

reabsorbed

What is the menstrual status in the estrous cycle?

shed

What is the sexual receptivity pattern in the estrous cycle?

only during estrous (heat)

What is the sexual receptivity pattern in the menstrual cycle?

continuous

What is ovulation in the estrous cycle?

triggered by LH surge

What is ovulation in the menstrual cycle?

occurs mid-cycle

When does the corpus luteum form?

every cycle in both estrous and menstrual

What is anestrus like in the estrous cycle?

resting stage

What is anestrus like in the menstrual cycle?

absent

During what phase does the follicle grow?

Proestrus

What organ is in the image provided and what phase of the estrous cycle is it in?

ovary in proestrus

What organ is in the image provided and what phase of the estrous cycle is it in?

ovary in estrus

What organ is in the image provided and what phase of the estrous cycle is it in?

ovary in diestrus

What organ is in the image provided and what phase of the estrous cycle is it in?

ovary in diestrus going into anestrus

What organ is in the image provided and what phase of the estrous cycle is it in?

ovary in anestrus

What organ is in the image provided and what phase of the estrous cycle is it in?

uterus in proestrus

What organ is in the image provided and what phase of the estrous cycle is it in?

uterus in estrus

What organ is in the image provided and what phase of the estrous cycle is it in?

uterus in diestrus

What organ is in the image provided and what phase of the estrous cycle is it in?

uterus in diestrus going into anestrus

What organ is in the image provided and what phase of the estrous cycle is it in?

uterus in anestrus

What organ is in the image provided and what phase of the estrous cycle is it in?

vagina in proestrus

What organ is in the image provided and what phase of the estrous cycle is it in?

vagina in estrus

What organ is in the image provided and what phase of the estrous cycle is it in?

vagina in diestrus

What organ is in the image provided and what phase of the estrous cycle is it in?

vagina in diestrus going into anestrus

What organ is in the image provided and what phase of the estrous cycle is it in?

vagina in anestrus

What is the key roll estrogen plays in follicle dominance?

acts in an autocrine/paracrine manner within the ovary to enhance FSH action on the granulosa cells

How is the follicle growth within the ovary prior to FSH release mediated?

internally