Across
- 4. hormone that supports menstruation and maintaining a pregnancy
- 6. second part of estrus cycle prepares uterus for pregnancy
- 9. reproductive gland that produces progesterone
- 10. produces gonadotropin
- 12. endocrine organ that regulates growth-related hormones
- 13. female hormone
- 14. phase which CL grows and is producing increasing amounts of progesterone
Down
- 1. phase rapid growth of ovarian follicle and increased estrogen production
- 2. phase which Ovulation occurs and CL is undergoing early development
- 3. prepares ovarian follicle and matures the egg
- 5. Period of sexual receptivity in a female cow
- 7. release of an egg
- 8. stimulates the growth of a large number of follicles
- 11. phase known by the regression of the CL and the final growth phase of the ovulatory follicle.