Question

After teaching a health education class on the female reproductive cycle, the nurse determines that the teaching was effective when the group identifies which phase as belonging to the ovarian cycle?

A) Menstrual phase
B) Follicular phase
C) Ovulatory phase
D) Luteal phase

Answer 1

The follicular, ovulatory, and luteal phases are parts of the ovarian cycle, with the follicular phase being the one identified by the group as part of the ovarian cycle.

Step-by-step explanation:

The teaching on the female reproductive cycle was effective if the group identifies the follicular phase, ovulatory phase, or luteal phase as being part of the ovarian cycle. Specifically, the correct answer to which phase belongs to the ovarian cycle is B) Follicular phase, since it pertains to the period when a follicle and its egg mature, driven by rising levels of FSH (follicle-stimulating hormone). Additionally, the ovulatory phase marks the release of the egg due to a rise in estrogen and a surge in LH (luteinizing hormone), and the luteal phase follows ovulation where the follicle transforms into the corpus luteum that secretes progesterone.