The nurse is reviewing the laboratory analysis of a female patient's hormones. Increases in which hormone levels would indicate ovulation is occurring?

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Luteinizing hormone levels increase prior to ovulation and are responsible for triggering the release of the mature egg from the ovary. Estrogen and progesterone levels also fluctuate during the menstrual cycle but do not indicate ovulation with the same specificity as luteinizing hormone. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone is responsible for stimulating the release of luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone from the pituitary gland.

The Nurse Is Reviewing the Laboratory Analysis of a Female