Proliferative phase
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PROLIFERATIVE/FOLLICULAR/PREOVULATORY PHASE
• Starts at the end of menstrual phase
• Lasts from 5th/6th day to 14th day of cycle
Ovarian events:• Maturation of follicles
• Till ovulation
DEVELOPMENT OF FOLLICLE
Endometrial events:
Estrogenic phase
Proliferation of all elements
Glands
Tubular
lie perpendicular to surface
Lined by columnar epithelium with nuclei at base with evident mitoses and epithelium of 1 gland is continuous with another
Stromal cells Spindle shaped
Evidences of mitoses
Compact with expansion of stromal ground substance
Blood vessels
Spiral arteries
Evidence of sub epithelial congestion
Later stages intense vascularity with more coiled and spiral arteries
Thickness
3.5-5mm
Phase ends with ovulation of secondary oocyte