Sentences with phrase «luteum not»

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Unlike estrogen, progesterone is not a generic name but is the name of the hormone produced by the corpus luteum after ovulation, and in smaller quantities by the adrenal gland.

But if an anovulatory cycle occurs, or the corpus luteum fails to secrete sufficient progesterone, known as a defective luteal phase, progesterone will not rise.

When conception does not occur the corpus luteum deteriorates and no longer impacts hormone levels.

If conception does not occur after ovulation, the corpus luteum then disintegrates.

Sometimes women just don't start menstruating again even though hormone levels have come back up because the corpus luteum is too thick or there is some sort of «blockage» of sorts hanging out in the reproductive cavities.