what are periods? explain briefly?

Answer 1

Biologically periods are nothing but the discharge of the ova (egg) from a female body if it has not been fertilized. It occurs in a cycle so called periods. other name is menstural cycle. The unfertilized egg get discharged with lot of blood and tissues. It is normal. every organism in the animal world mainly mammals have periods.

Answer 2

When you begin to go through puberty (usually starting between the ages of 8 and 13), your body and mind change in many ways. The hormones in your body stimulate new physical development, such as growth and breast development. About 2 to 2 1/2 years after your breasts begin to develop, you usually get your first menstrual period.

About 6 months or so before getting your first period, you might notice an increased amount of clear vaginal discharge. This discharge is common. There's no need for you to worry about discharge unless it has a strong odor or causes itchiness.

The start of periods is known as menarche (pronounced: meh-nar-kee). Menarche doesn't happen until all the parts of a your reproductive system have matured and are working together.

Girls are born with ovaries, fallopian tubes, and a uterus. The two ovaries are oval-shaped and sit on either side of the uterus (womb) in the lowest part of the abdomen called the pelvis. They contain thousands of eggs, or ova. The two fallopian tubes are long and thin — like hollow strands of spaghetti (only a little bit thicker). Each fallopian tube stretches from an ovary to the uterus, a pear-shaped organ that sits in the middle of the pelvis. The muscles in a female's uterus are powerful and are able to expand to allow the uterus to accommodate a growing fetus and then help push the baby out during labor.

As you mature and enter puberty, the pituitary gland releases hormones that stimulate the ovaries to produce other hormones called estrogen and progesterone. These hormones have many effects on a girl's body, including physical maturation, growth, and emotions.

About once a month, a tiny egg leaves one of the ovaries — a process called ovulation — and travels down one of the fallopian tubes toward the uterus. In the days before ovulation, the hormone estrogen stimulates the uterus to build up its lining with extra blood and tissue, making the walls of the uterus thick and cushioned. This happens to prepare the uterus for pregnancy: If the egg reaches the uterus and is fertilized by a sperm cell, it attaches to the cushiony wall of the uterus, where it slowly develops into a baby.

If the egg isn't fertilized, though — which is the case during most of a girl's monthly cycles — it doesn't attach to the wall of the uterus. When this happens, the uterus sheds the extra tissue lining. The blood, tissue, and unfertilized egg leave the uterus, going through the vagina on the way out of the body. This is a menstrual period. This cycle happens almost every month for several more decades (except, of course, when a female is pregnant) until a woman reaches menopause and no longer releases eggs from her ovaries.

Answer 3

Friend ,a discharging of blood, secretions, and tissue debris from the uterus that recurs in nonpregnant breeding-age primate females at approximately monthly intervals and that is considered to represent a readjustment of the uterus to the nonpregnant state following proliferative changes accompanying the preceding ovulation is called menstruation or Periods. Thank you

Answer 4

I usually answer what I can in a patient way but this is a bit much. You quite obviously are young and uneducated in the "Growing Up" stuff that is taught when people get to your age. It would be best if you asked your mother or grandmother or something like that. But a good idea is to not ask any of YOUR age girls. I am sorry if I seem to mean. Please forgive me if I am.

Answer 5

periods are something that happens when you have reached puberty. it is when you bleed from your vagina for about 4-5 days. when you have had your period, and you have sex without using protection, you could get pregnant. why r u asking anyway. you should know what they r if ur on this web site.

Answer 6

ok, this is more of a easyer way to say it, it when you cycle begins, and blood comes out of your vagina, thats why we have tamponds, then there is also a thing called "PMSing" thats when you get sorta moody, like crying for NO reason, and get emotional easy

Answer 7

not being mean or anything but you need to ask your mother or your grandmother...maybe they can help you a little more

Answer 8

ASK MOM OR GOOLGE IT. IT CANT BE EXPLAINED BRIEFLY.

Answer 9

Baby,
Instead of asking to whole world..it will be fine if you ask any of your close senior female friends...that will be more better.

Answer 10

ask your mom. i guess that it is time for your mom to give you the talk. i dont want to give it to you so ask your mom. good luck!