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Question
CBSEENBI12002796

Withdrawal of which of the following hormones is the immediate cause of menstruation?

  • Eastrogens

  • FSH

  • FSH-RH

  • Progesterone

Solution

D.

Progesterone

Menstruation is caused by the reduction of estrogen and progesterone, especially progesterone at the end of monthly ovarian cycle. The first effect is decreased stimulation of the endometrial cells by these two hormones followed rapidly by involution of the endometrium itself to about 65% of its previous thickness.