 The menstrual cycle or

female sexual cycle is

WHAT IS IT? the process that prepares
the female´s uterus for
pregnancy
 FSH and LH Hormones which help to control
reproductive functions as sperm production, ovule
maduration and menstrual cycles, also control male
and female features.
 FSH LH

Its name is FOLICULO ESTIMULANTE, Its name is LUTEINIZANTE or LUTEO

and it is present in women and men ESTIMULANTE and it is present in
women and men
• In women stimulates the growth
of ovarian follicles in the ovary • In women stimulates
progesterone secretion
• In men stimulates formation and
maturation of sperm in testicles • In men stimulates testosterone
secretion
 Monoestrics
They are those that have a
prolonged anestrous phase,
as is the case of the dog in
which the cycle appears only
1 or 2 times in the year.
Polyestrics
Continuous polyestrics: (cow,
sow and guinea pig), estrous
cycles appear throughout the
year, being interrupted only
in pregnancy
Seasonal polyestrics: (mare,
sheep, cat and goat) cycles
only in a given season of the
year.
• Period of follicular
Estro • Period of initial
Diestro
growth that begins with development of the
the regression of the • Period of sexual corpus luteum that • Period of activity of the
corpus luteum and receptivity, at the end of begins at the end of mature corpus luteum
culminates with the which ovulation occurs estrus. (related that begins after
appearance of estrus. (related hormone: LH) hormone: progesterone) ovulation and ends with
(related hormone: FSH) the luteolysis. (Related
hormones: progesterone
and estrogen)
Proestro Metaestro