whats a period?

Question

this boy wants profe that its what i said

Answer 1

It is the torture women have to go through every month to prove they are a woman!!! LOL! Really, it is when a woman's unfertilized egg leaves her body. It isn't a fun thing for most women to go through because it causes cramps, back pain, headaches, cravings(usually chocolate) and alot of other uncomfortable things.

Answer 2

A period is really called a Menstrual Cycle: and this is what it is:


What is menstruation?
Menstruation is a woman's monthly bleeding. It is also called menses, menstrual period, or period. When a woman has her period, she is menstruating. The menstrual blood is partly blood and partly tissue from the inside of the uterus (womb). It flows from the uterus through the small opening in the cervix, and passes out of the body through the vagina. Most menstrual periods last from three to five days.

What is the menstrual cycle?
Menstruation is part of the menstrual cycle, which helps a woman's body prepare for the possibility of pregnancy each month. A cycle starts on the first day of a period. The average menstrual cycle is 28 days long. However, a cycle can range anywhere from 23 days to 35 days.

The parts of the body involved in the menstrual cycle include the brain, pituitary gland, uterus and cervix, ovaries, fallopian tubes, and vagina. Body chemicals called hormones rise and fall during the month and make the menstrual cycle happen. The ovaries make two important female hormones, estrogen and progesterone. Other hormones involved in the menstrual cycle include follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH), made by the pituitary gland.

What happens during the menstrual cycle?
In the first half of the menstrual cycle, levels of estrogen rise and make the lining of the uterus grow and thicken. In response to follicle-stimulating hormone, an egg (ovum) in one of the ovaries starts to mature. At about day 14 of a typical 28-day cycle, in response to a surge of luteinizing hormone, the egg leaves the ovary. This is called ovulation.

In the second half of the menstrual cycle, the egg begins to travel through the fallopian tube to the uterus. Progesterone levels rise and help prepare the uterine lining for pregnancy. If the egg becomes fertilized by a sperm cell and attaches itself to the uterine wall, the woman becomes pregnant. If the egg is not fertilized, it either dissolves or is absorbed into the body. If pregnancy does not occur, estrogen and progesterone levels drop, and the thickened lining of the uterus is shed during the menstrual period.

In the illustration below, an egg has left an ovary after ovulation and is on its way through a fallopian tube to the uterus.

Answer 3

a period is what only girl have. guys dont have periods.once girls get to the age like 11-18 thats when a girl starts to have a period and the period is blood that comes a out body and thats why the stores sell PADS or TAMPAX. pads is like a thick pading and its sticky at the bottom of it and we placed them in our underwear but guys be careful when you have sex with a girl and shes on her period and you can develupe sperm use protection! cuz you can get her PREGNET. but theirs a cycle when the period starts girls get there period at the begining of the month then it ends at the end of the month then maybe a week later it starts agian. but once girls get older and becoming woman then once they get like 50 it ends for good!

Answer 4

a period is when a woman sheds blood and uterine lining for 7 days or more or less when an egg isn't fertilized.

Answer 5

blood coming out of a gurls body!

Answer 6

BLOOD COMES OUT OF THE GIRLS VAGINA FOR AROUND 5-7 DAYS!!AND U EITHER HAVE TO WEAR A PAD OR TAMPON!!

Answer 7

um...you should've learned this in school?

if not...check it up on Wikipedia or some other sex-ed site

Answer 8

it is when a girl has blood coming out of her Virgina.......

Answer 9

go to www.gurl.com or www.teenwire.com those might help

Answer 10

go to http://www.teenhealth.org