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Physiology Sex Hormones 38b7242e

Spinnbarkeit refers to?

A
Cervical mucus
B
Uterine gland thickness
C
Cervical os appearance
D
Proliferation of breast alveoli
High-Yield Explanation
Ans. (a) Cervical mucusRef.-.Ganong25th ed. / 402* The cervical mucus is thinnest at time of ovulation and its elasticity or spinnbarkeit increases such that by mid- cycle one drop can be stretched into a long, thin thread that may be 8-12cm or more in length.* It dries on a slide in an arborizing fern like pattern.* After ovulation it becomes thick and fails to form the fern pattern.

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