The ovary is the female gonad, which houses egg cells. Women are born with all the eggs they will ever have, and each egg is ...

Female: At 20 weeks ... regulate the entire reproductive process. Two distinct cycles govern menstruation and ovulation, the uterine cycle (commonly called the menstrual cycle) and the ovarian ...

The menstrual cycle is an approximately 28 day cycle that prepares the female body for pregnancy. Hormone levels change during the cycle. Controlled by chemical signals called hormones, the ...

By the 1940s scientists had figured out the importance of hormones in the female reproductive cycle. They established that once a woman becomes pregnant, her fertility is suspended. A woman cannot ...

Baylor College of Medicine’s reproductive psychiatrists provide specialized care and treatment to help women suffering from mental health issues related to their reproductive cycle, improving the well ...

This asymmetry leads to Bateman's principle, whereby female reproduction is primarily limited by their access to resources to nourish and produce these large gametes, whereas male reproduction is ...