The Nurse Is Preparing a Handout on the Ovarian Cycle

question 16

Multiple Choice

The nurse is preparing a handout on the ovarian cycle to a group of middle school girls. Which information should the nurse include?

• A) The hormone human chorionic gonadotropin stimulates ovulation.
• B) Irregular menstrual cycles have varying lengths of the luteal phase.
• C) The ovum leaves its follicle during the follicular phase.
• D) There are two phases of the ovarian cycle: luteal and follicular.

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