Homeostasis And Response Flashcards
What is ADH?
Anti diuretic hormone, helps control the water balance of the body and affects the amount of urine produced by the kidney.
What is adrenaline?
A hormone that prepares the body for fight or flight
What is Contraception?
Methods of preventing pregnancy which usually involve preventing the sperm and egg meeting
What is the endocrine system?
The glands that produce the hormones that control many aspects of the development and metabolism of the body, and the hormones they produce
What is FSH?
Follicle stimulating hormone, causes the eggs to mature in the ovary.
What are 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 the glands.
What is glucagon?
Hormone that is involved in the control of blood sugar levels(increases)
What is insulin?
Hormone involved in controlling blood sugar levels(decreases)
What is oestrogen?
Female sex hormone that controls the development of secondary sexual characteristics in girls at puberty, and the build up and maintenance of uterus lining during the menstrual cycle.
What are ovaries?
Female organs that produce eggs and sex hormones.
What is ovulation?
The release of a mature egg from the ovary.
What is the pituitary gland?
Endocrine ‘master gland’ found in the brain that secretes w number of different hormones into the blood in response to different conditions to control the endocrine glands in the body.
