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'''Menstruation''' occurs at the end of a [[placenta]]l [[mammal]]'s menstrual cycle. There are two types of menstruation: | '''Menstruation''' occurs at the end of a [[placenta]]l [[mammal]]'s menstrual cycle. There are two types of menstruation: | ||
* Overt menstruation, occuring in [[human]]s and [[great apes]], in which the lining of the [[uterus]] is shed and expelled from the body to prepare the uterus for a fertilized [[ovum]]<ref>[http://www.4woman.gov/faq/menstru.htm#4 Menstruation and the Menstrual Cycle, from the US Dept. of Health and Human Services]</ref>; | * Overt menstruation, occuring in [[human]]s and [[great apes]], in which the lining of the [[uterus]] is shed and expelled from the body to prepare the uterus for a fertilized [[ovum]]<ref>[http://www.4woman.gov/faq/menstru.htm#4 Menstruation and the Menstrual Cycle, from the US Dept. of Health and Human Services]</ref>; | ||
| − | * Covert menstruation, occuring in all other placental | + | * Covert menstruation, occuring in all other placental mammals, in which the lining of the uterus is reabsorbed into the animal's body. |
==Menstruation and the Bible== | ==Menstruation and the Bible== | ||
Revision as of 17:54, October 7, 2008
Menstruation occurs at the end of a placental mammal's menstrual cycle. There are two types of menstruation:
- Overt menstruation, occuring in humans and great apes, in which the lining of the uterus is shed and expelled from the body to prepare the uterus for a fertilized ovum[1];
- Covert menstruation, occuring in all other placental mammals, in which the lining of the uterus is reabsorbed into the animal's body.
Menstruation and the Bible
Under Old Testament law, a woman was to be put apart during menstruation:
And if a woman have an issue, [and] her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even. And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean. And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water, and be unclean until the even. And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water, and be unclean until the even. And if it [be] on [her] bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even. And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean. Leviticus 15:19-24 (KJV)
