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Ovaries

Hormone produced?

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Make oestrogen and progesterone. Controls female development during puberty.

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Testes

Hormone produced?

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Testosterone. Controls male development during puberty.

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Pituitary

Hormone produced?

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Growth hormone, LH and FSH

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Pancreas

Hormone produced?

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Insulin and glucagon. Controls blood sugar levels.

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Adrenal

Hormone produced

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Adrenaline. Gets body ready for ‘flight or fight’ response.

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Thyroid

Hormone produced?

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Thyroxine. Controls how quickly chemical reactions happen in the body.

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FSH

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Produced in pituatary gland. This causes the egg to mature and stimulates the ovaries to produce oestrogen.

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Oestrogen

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Secreted in the ovaries. This causes the pituitary gland to stop producing FSH and produce LH instead.

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LH

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Produced in the pituitary gland. This stimulates the release of a mature egg.

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Progesterone

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Secreted in the ovaries. This is secreted by the follicle after the egg has been released and becomes the corpus luteum.

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