Question

Ovulation occurs in the ovary, forming the corpus luteum at the end of this phase. ovulation results in the release of an ovum from the ovary. the remaining follicle becomes a corpus luteum at the end of which uterine phase?

Answer 1

The correct answer is the luteal phase of an ovarian cycle or secretory phase of a uterine cycle.

The luteal phase is one of the phases of ovarian cycle (follicular phase and ovulation are the other two). It is the final phase of the ovarian cycle and it corresponds to the secretory phase of the uterine cycle. During this phase, the transformation of the dominant follicle into the corpus luteum is stimulated by pituitary hormones FSH and LH. Corpus luteum produces progesterone which makes the endometrium receptive to implantation of the blastocyst.