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• This Page relates to samples of normal Human Uterine endometrium during Menstrual cycle
• Samples taken by dilatation and curettage.
• Images are taken from the teaching posters used in the Embryology Practical Classes, School of Anatomy.
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Day 9-13	Mid Proliferative
Mid-Proliferative Increasing levels of estrogens cause a thickening of the endometrium during this phase of repair and proliferation. A continuous surface epithelium grows from glandular remnants in the stratum basale and covers the endometrium. The stroma is compact and the glands increase in number, length and by regeneration from glandular remnants.