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Across 1. hormones produced by pituitary to stimulate the ovaries to release their hormones (3 Words) 5. the hormone that keeps uterine muscles from aborting an implanted embryo during pregnancy 9. risk for this increases with a personal history of breast cancer or a family history of breast or ovarian cancer (2 Words) 10. the hormone that regulates the hormonal activity of the ovaries 11. paired, almond-sized organs 12. the gland that stimulates to ovaries to release their estrogens and progesterone

Down 2. can hamper the ability to conceive and bear children and can lead to sterility 3. caused by the declined efficiency of the ovaries in late middle age 4. fluid-filled sacs or pockets within or on the surface of an ovary (2 Words) 6. the hormones responsible for the development of female sex characteristics and the appearance of secondary sex characteristics at puberty 7. female sex cells 8. where the ovaries are located (2 Words)