B11-Hormonal Control Flashcards
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What are Hormones?
Chemical messengers which travel in the blood to it’s target organs.
What are hormones like compared to the Nervous System?
Effects of Hormones are typically slower but longer lasting
What does the Endocrine system work alongside?
The nervous system to maintain Homeostasis
What is Type 1 Diabetes?
If your Pancreas does not make enough insulin, your blood glucose Concentration is not controlled.
What causes Type 1 Diabetes?
Without Insulin in your blood, glucose levels get very high after you eat. Eventually your kidneys exert glucose into your urine, you produce lots of urine and feel thirsty all the time, lack of energy = feel tired.
How can Type 1 Diabetes be treated?
Replacement insulin before meals, given as an injection into blood, Insulin injections only treat Type 1 diabetes not cure it - have to inject every day of their life
What is Type 2 Diabetes?
Pancreas still makes Insulin but makes less than the body needs
Body Cells stop responding to insulin made
What Causes Type 2 Diabetes?
Most Common as you get older- Linked to Obesity/Lack of Exercise
Strong Genetic Tendency to develop Type 2 Diabetes.
How can Type 2 Diabetes be treated?
Eating a balanced diet with carefully controlled amounts of Carbs
Losing weight
Doing Exercise
Drugs-help Pancreas
What is the Role of FSH?
Mature Eggs
Stimulates Oestrogen
What is the Role of Oestrogen?
Stimulates LH
inhibits (Stops) FSH
What is the role of LH?
Stimulates release of the egg
What is the Role of Progesterone?
Maintains the Linibg of the Uterus for around 10 days
Inhibits (Stops) FSH from being produced
