Thread: What is shed during the flow phase of the menstrual cycle?

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During the flow phase of the menstrual cycle, the ___________ is shed.

Prior to ovulation, a follicle develops in the ovary and releases the hormone___________.

After fertilization, the egg cell divides repeatedly, increasing the number of cells but not the size, by the process of _________.

Nutrients pass between the mother and the developing fetus through the ___________. Placenta?

The blood vessels develop from the _________ of the gastrula.

1. endometrium
2. Leutinizing hormone, and to a smaller extent, follicle stimulating hormone (LH and FSH)
3. cleavage (a period of fairly rapid mitotic divisions of the zygote without intervening growth)
4. Placenta
5. mesoderm