5. How do oral contraceptives, specifically birth control pills, prevent pregnancy? I. Birth control pills make the uterine lining inhospitable to a fertilized egg. I. Birth control pills thicken the cervical mucus to hinder sperm movement. IlI. Birth control pills stop the pituitary gland from producing FSH and LH in order to prevent ovulation. IV. Birth control pills contain high levels of estrogen

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5. How do oral contraceptives,
specifically birth control pills,
prevent pregnancy? I. Birth control
pills make the uterine lining
inhospitable to a fertilized egg. II.
Birth control pills thicken the
cervical mucus to hinder sperm
movement. III. Birth control pills
stop the pituitary gland from
producing FSH and LH in order to
prevent ovulation. IV. Birth control
pills contain high levels of estrogen
and progesterone hormones that
prevent ovulation. *
I, III, and IV only
I, II, III, and IV
III and IV only
O
I and II only
Transcribed Image Text:5. How do oral contraceptives, specifically birth control pills, prevent pregnancy? I. Birth control pills make the uterine lining inhospitable to a fertilized egg. II. Birth control pills thicken the cervical mucus to hinder sperm movement. III. Birth control pills stop the pituitary gland from producing FSH and LH in order to prevent ovulation. IV. Birth control pills contain high levels of estrogen and progesterone hormones that prevent ovulation. * I, III, and IV only I, II, III, and IV III and IV only O I and II only
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