Proliferative phase | pathology | Britannica (original) (raw)

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menstrual cycles

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  In menstrual cycle: Ovulation and the fertile phase
  …due to prolongation of the proliferative phase; the secretory phase tends to remain normal in length. In some animals, ovulation only follows coitus; this mechanism has been used to explain cases in which human pregnancy has apparently followed coitus early or late in the menstrual cycle, but there is no…
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wound healing

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  In therapeutics: Wound treatment
  In the proliferative phase, the fibroblasts produce collagen that increases wound strength, new epithelial cells cover the wound area, and capillaries join to form new blood vessels. In the late phase, the production of new and stronger collagen remodels the scar, blood vessels enlarge, and the epithelium…
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