The Nurse Is Explaining the Menstrual Cycle to a Group

question 2

Multiple Choice

The nurse is explaining the menstrual cycle to a group of women. In which phase should the nurse instruct that the corpus luteum begins to degenerate, estrogen and progesterone levels fall, and the blood supply to the endometrium is reduced?

• A) Ischemic phase
• B) Secretory phase
• C) Menstrual phase
• D) Proliferative phase

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