Hormones

Question 1

Adrenaline

Answer 1

Source: adrenal glands (on top of kidneys)
Role: readies body for fight or flight response
Effect: Increases heart rate, blood flow to muscles and blood sugar level

Question 2

Insulin

Answer 2

Source: Pancreas
Role: helps control blood sugar level
Effects: stimulates liver to turn glucose into glycogen for storage

Question 3

Testosterone

Answer 3

Source: Testes
Role: main male sex hormone
Effects: promotes male secondary sexual characteristics eg facial hair

Question 4

Progesterone

Answer 4

Source: ovaries
Role: supports pregnancy
Effects: maintains lining of uterus

Question 5

Oestrogen

Answer 5

Source: ovaries
Role: main female sex hormone
Effects: controls menstrual cycle and promotes secondary secondary characteristics eg widening of hips

Question 6

ADH

Answer 6

Source: pituitary gland in brain
Role: controls water content
Effects: increases the permeability of kidney tubules to water

Question 7

FSH

Answer 7

Source: pituitary gland
Role: female sex hormone
Effects: causes egg to mature in an ovary, stimulates the ovaries to produce oestrogen

Question 8

LH

Answer 8

Source: pituitary gland
Role: female sex hormone
Effects: stimulates release of an egg from an ovary