B11 - Hormonal Coordination Flashcards
ADH
Anti-diuretic hormone helps control the water balance of the body and affects the amount of urine produced by the kidney.
Adrenaline
Hormone that prepares the body for flight or fight.
Auxin
A plant hormone that controls the responses of plants to light (phototropism) and gravity (gravitropism).
Contraception
Methods of preventing pregnancy which usually involve preventing the sperm and egg from meeting.
Endocrine System
The glands that produce the hormones that control many aspects if the development and metabolism of the body and the hormones they produce.
Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH)
Causes the eggs to mature in the ovary.
Gibberellins
Plant hormones that are important in initiating seed germination.
Glucagon
Hormone involved in the control of blood sugar levels.
Gravitropism
The response of a plant to gravity.
Hormones
Chemicals produced in one area of the body of an organism that have an effect on the functioning of another area of the body. In animals hormones are produced in glands.
Insulin
Hormone involved in the control of blood sugar levels.
Oestrogen
Female sex hormone that controls the development kf the secondary sexual characteristics in girls at puberty, and the build-up and maintenance of the uterus lining during the menstrual cycle.
Ovaries
Female sex organs that produce eggs and sex hormones.
Phototropism
The response of a plant to light, controlled by auxin.
Pituitary Gland
Endocrine ‘master gland’ found in the brain that secretes a number of different hormones into the blood in response to different conditions to control other endocrine glands in the body.
