The appreciation of the form of an object by means of touch. stereognosis. 1. the faculty of perceiving and understanding the form and nature of objects by the sense of touch. stereognosis. 1 the faculty of perceiving and understanding the form and nature of objects by the sense of touch.
If the ovaries are surgically removed, a woman does not have a natural source of estrogen, and she enters surgical menopause, which can also be early menopause. Early natural menopause, on the other hand, occurs if a woman stops getting her period and her estrogen production drops before she is 45.
The progesterone and estrogen from the ovarian cycle also control the menstrual cycle: 1  If implantation doesnât occur and the levels of estrogen and progesterone fall, the endometrium sloughs off, and menstrual bleeding begins. 2  As the levels of estrogen begin to rise, the endometrium thickens.