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#Question id: 31400


During each month of the female sexual cycle, there is a cyclical increase and decrease of FSH and LH, as shown in the figure. Which of the following statement is incorrect regarding uterine cycle?

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
  1. The endometrium increases rapidly in thickness from the 5th to the 14th days of the menstrual cycle.
  2. After 14th days, the endometrium becomes more highly vascularized and slightly edematous under the influence of estrogen and progesterone from the corpus albicans.
  3. Late in the luteal phase, the endometrium, like the anterior pituitary, produces prolactin.
  4. When the corpus luteum regresses, hormonal support for the endometrium is withdrawn about 4 days before the next menses.