NAME : ……………………………..

CLASS : ……………………………..

4.3 The Menstrual Cycle

1. Menstruation is a …PROCESS BY WHICH THE BLOOD, DEAD OVUM AND THE LINING OF THE
UTERUS WALL…BREAKS DOWN ARE DISCHARGED THROUGH THE VAGINA.
2. The menstrual cycle begins when a female reaches ……PUBERTY.…………………….
3. Each cycle is about 28 days.
4. The following chart shows menstrual cycle in women’body.

PREMENSTRUAL MENSTRUAL
PHASE PHASE

REPAIR PHASE

FERTILE PHASE

a) Name the phases in the menstrual cycle above.

b) What is the duration of the menstrual cycle ?
28 DAYS…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
c) What is the average duration of the menses?
……3-8 DAYS…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
d) What is the normal estimated blood loss?
…APPROXIMATELY 30 ML……………………………………………………………………………………………..
e) Name some menstrual problems?
…NO PERIOD OR
PREMENSTRUAL
SYNDROME………………
……………… ………………………………
f) How do you treat the
menstrual problems?
… MEDICATION,
EXERCISE AND PROPER
DIET……… …………………………………
……………… ……..

5.
Menstruation phase

Premenstrual phase :
4.4 Fertilisation and pregnancy

1. Fertilisation is a process … process of fusion between the nucleus of male gamete with the
nucleus of the female gamete to produce a zygote. …………………
2. Zygote undergoes rapid cell divisions to form a group of cells named …
EMBRYO…………………………………
3. When the embryo reaches the uterus, ……IMPLANTATION……………………….. of the embryo
into the thickening lining of the uterus wall occurs.
4. ……PREGNANCY……………. is the development of embryo or foetus inside the female body.
5. ……PLACENTA…………………… is the organ that supplies food and oxygen to the embryo and
removes waste products from the embryo
6. When the embryo has formed major organs and resembles a human being, it is named a …
FOETUS……………………………….
Development of an embryo into a foetus until birth