Which description below explains how the hormones released in birth control pills causes natural ovulation to cease? Select one: a. Birth control pills release estrogen. Estrogen controls the secondary sex characteristics of the female body. b. Birth control pills release progesterone. Progesterone feeds back to the pituitary gland, thereby inhibiting FSH and LH and in effect, stopping the ovarian and menstrual cycle. c. Birth control pills release progesterone. Progesterone causes an increase in FSH, thereby increasing the production of follicles. d. Birth control pills release estrogen. Estrogen feeds back to the posterior pituitary, causing an increase of LH and thereby ceasing the ovarian cycle.

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Which description below explains how the hormones released in birth control pills causes natural ovulation to cease?
Select one:
a. Birth control pills release estrogen. Estrogen controls the secondary sex characteristics of the female body.
b. Birth control pills release progesterone. Progesterone feeds back to the pituitary gland, thereby inhibiting FSH and LH and in effect, stopping the ovarian and menstrual cycle.
c. Birth control pills release progesterone. Progesterone causes an increase in FSH, thereby increasing the production of follicles.
d. Birth control pills release estrogen. Estrogen feeds back to the posterior pituitary, causing an increase of LH and thereby ceasing the ovarian cycle.
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