Onset of the Menopause

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The diagram illustrates the stage of life when an older woman stops producing oestrogen. This is known as the menopause.

Within the illustration is a female figure with the internal anatomy that can be affected the lack of oestrogen production.

The uterus and the two ovaries are illustrated to indicate that oestrogen production occurs from the ovaries but how oestrogen production has stopped in one ovary.

The graph indicates the age of a woman when the menopause usually starts which is about aged 50.    

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Female, woman, menopause, oestrogen, uterus, ovary, anatomy, chart.

Image created by:

Joanna Culley