What is menstruation?

Answer 1

It is when a female has a period coming from the vagina.

During your period, you shed the thickened uterine lining and extra blood through the vagina. Your period may not be the same every month. It may also be different than other women's periods. Periods can be light, moderate, or heavy in terms of how much blood comes out of the vagina. This is called menstrual flow. The length of the period also varies. Most periods last from 3 to 5 days. But, anywhere from 2 to 7 days is normal.


Its a cycle for a woman that which means your body part is working normal. Menstrual blood flows from the uterus through the small opening in the cervix and passes out of the body through the vagina.
A woman releases an egg from her ovaries once a month. If this is not fertilised it is expelled from the body, together with the supporting tissue. This happens every month from puberty to menopause, and only ceases in pregnancy (in a healthy female). Monthly discharge of blood from the vagina of female reproductive organ is called menstruation.

Answer 2

During puberty, females begin ovulating – the process of an egg cell (ovum) being released from the ovary. For a pregnancy to occur, the egg needs to meet with the sperm.The eggs are released at different intervals, depending on each person’s menstrual cycle, during which the different hormones – estrogen, progesterone, luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone – rise and fall. Ovulation happens whenever there is a rise in FSH and LH. Generally, the entire cycle takes 28 days to complete, but for some people, it differs and can range from between 21–35 days. During ovulation, the egg makes its way down the fallopian tube and into the uterus. To get ready for a pregnancy, the hormones, estrogen and progesterone, cause the lining of the uterus to thicken. If a pregnancy doesn’t occur, the level of these hormones drops, which causes the thickened uterine lining to shed and tissue (blood, uterine wall, etc.) to be expelled. This shedding of this tissue is called menstruation

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