Shedding of the endometrial lining occurs:

A. because ovulation disrupts the growing follicle.
B. as a result of a fall in plasma levels of estradiol and progesterone.
C. a day after the LH surge.
D. because of an increase in the level of FSH.
E. because the nondominant follicles undergo atresia.


B

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