When a human female reaches a certain age, then vaginal bleeding occurs for a few days after rehular intervals of time:

(a) what is this process known as (i) in scientific terms, and (ii) in everyday language?


(b) What is the human female said to have attained at this stage?


(c) What does the onset of this process in human female signify?


(d) At what particular event in the life of a human female this process stops temporarily but starts again?


(e) What name is given to the event when this process stops permanently?

(a) (i) It is known as menstruation in scientific terms.

(ii) It is known as periods in everyday language.


(b) The process of menstruation begins at Puberty.


(c) The onset of menstruation in human female signify that the reproductive system of human female has started working.


(d) In the beginning of pregnancy, the process of menstruation stops temporarily but starts again.


(e) When menstruation stops permanently, it is termed menopause.


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