The menstrual cycle is a complex process that is controlled by hormones. Ovulation is the process of a woman’s body releasing an egg from the ovary, and it typically occurs around day 14 of a 28-day menstrual cycle. However, not all women have regular menstrual cycles, and ovulation can...
Menstrual periods and ovulation go hand in hand. After your egg is released from the ovary, the follicle (now called thecorpus luteum) begins to produce the hormone progesterone. This is what causes the uterine lining to thicken. After about eight days of thickening, with no signal from a f...
The release of an egg from a woman's ovary occurs about midway through the menstrual cycle. See how it happens.
Ovulation is when a mature egg is released from your ovary. Typically,ovulation happensabout halfway through your cycle, right after the follicular phase (named for the follicles in your ovaries where eggs are developing). In reality, cycle length varies from woman to woman and so does the ti...
Besides SDF- 1, many other pro-inflammatory cytokines are produced in the unique microenvironment associated with ovulation. We postulate that the crosstalk signaling between these factors may also promote the migration of malignant cells towards the ovary. TNFa (tumor necrosis factor a) is a pro-...
Superovulation is defined as hormonal manipulation to enhance ovulation during the ovulatory cycle so that instead of producing one oocyte, the ovary is stimulated to release multiple oocytes, sometimes more than 20. From:Urology,2004 About this page ...
"formation or production of ova or ovules; discharge of an ovum from the ovary," 1848, from Modern Latinōvulum(seeovule) + noun ending-ation. also from1848 Entries linking toovulation ovule(n.) "a little egg," especially one not yet matured and discharged from the ovary of a female ma...
Ovulation is when you release an egg from one of your ovaries. Usually, your body releases one egg at a time, once per month. The egg travels down the fallopian tube, where it may meet with sperm and be fertilized. If it's fertilized, the egg will travel to your uterus, where ...
"I get ovulation pain which can last anywhere between one and four days. It feels like a sharp stabbing pain in the ovary. I also have a feeling of pressure in my lower abdomen, like a congestion pain or feeling of distention." "When I ovulated last month, I felt it by my left ova...
With the final increase in follicular size, the enlarged protuberance ruptures and the egg is released through the ruptured follicle.28 Follicular fluid flows out onto the surface of the ovary, transporting with it the egg and a mass of surrounding cumulus cells.28 Cumulus cells help to protect...