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Your ovaries release an egg every month. Your uterus needs to get rid of the egg released by your ovaries every month and your period is the way it does that.
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And only girls have ovaries and a uterus.
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
Wiki User
∙ 9y agoFirstly, it's not only women who have menstrual flow as some men menstruate too.
Menstruation occurs in those who have female reproductive organs (uterus, ovaries, vagina) as it is females who can get pregnant. Menstruation occurs when a person doesn't get pregnant, the uterine lining that plumped up in preparation for possible pregnancy sheds ready to start anew next cycle.
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When does a woman have her menstrual flow?
A woman has her menstrual flow during menstruation, which is at the start of her menstrual cycle. The typical menstrual cycle is around 28 days, meaning she should menstruate roughly every month.
What can course slow menstrual flow in a woman?
menopause
Bright red period and medium to light flow only when going pee is this normal?
Menstrual blood can be shed when a woman urinates as well as continuously during the menstrual cycle. If blood is only shed when urinating a woman may want to have a checkup to make sure there is not a problem.
Does ginger affect menstrual flow?
Ginger does not affect the menstrual flow.
How long your period stay on after you stop taking your birth control pills?
Because birth control pills lighten the amount of menstrual flow, you will likely have longer and heavier flow after you stop. You are likely to return to your previous menstrual pattern. The amount and length of bleeding is unpredictable as it varies from woman to woman.
What is known as menstrual flow?
Menstrual flow is blood, uterine tissue, discharge, and cervical mucus. Menstrual flow occurs during menstruation, also known as a period.
When is the only time you can fertilize a woman?
You can only fertilize a woman when she is not on her Menstrual Cycle; once the sperm meets the egg, you have fertilized.
WHAT IS THE MEDICAL TERM FOR WHEN A WOMAN STARTS menstruating?
The term for the onset of a woman's monthly menstrual flow is menses. The term for the first period in a girl is menarche.
Does the urethra convey urine and menstrual flow?
No. The female urethra is just for urine. Menstrual flow comes from the vagina, which specifically refers to the hole underneath the urethra. The vagina is the same opening that a woman uses for sex and gives birth through.
If your menstrual flow goes from 5 days to 2 and half days should you be worried that you are headed towards menopause?
With advancing age does come shorter menstrual cycles, and furthermore menopause, but that is not the only reason why a woman can have a shorter cycle. There are studies that show that high caffeine intake shortens menstrual cycles. Shorter menstrual cycle indicates a less of a chance of getting pregnant.
Menstrual flow begins in response to?
Menstrual flow begins in response to: 1) falling levels of both estrogen and progesterone 2)falling levels of progesterone only 3)falling levels of estrogen only 4)a rise in human chorionic gonadotropin
Your period lasts for 2 days only is it normal?
length of menstrual bleeding varies from woman to woman, but yes this can be normal for you.
