MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Once a female begins ovulating and menstruating, a corpus luteum will form in the ovary once the secondary oocyte is released from the follicle during monthly ovulation.

Detailed explanation-2: -The ovaries produce female reproductive hormones: progesterone, estrogen, relaxin and inhibin.

Detailed explanation-3: -The luteal phase lasts for about 14 days. After the egg has left the follicle, your corpus luteum starts to form from the materials that made up that follicle. Your corpus luteum produces the hormones estrogen and progesterone. Making progesterone is the corpus luteum’s most important job, though.

Detailed explanation-4: -Progesterone is an endogenous steroid hormone that is commonly produced by the adrenal cortex as well as the gonads, which consist of the ovaries and the testes. Progesterone is also secreted by the ovarian corpus luteum during the first ten weeks of pregnancy, followed by the placenta in the later phase of pregnancy.