Hormones Flashcards
1
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Hormones
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a chemical that creates change in your body in the endocrine system
2
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Organs that make hormones
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Hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroids, ovaries and testes
3
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Hormones responsible for growth
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Growth homones
Thyroid stimulating hormones
4
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Hormones responsible for maturation
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Follicle stimulation hormones (eggs/sperm) Lutetenising hormones (ovaries/testes) ACTH (adranal gland sex characterises)
5
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Diabetes
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Is high levels of glucose in the blood and body is unable to control it well
6
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Diabetes 123
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1 youth
2 overweight
3 Pregnancy
7
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Letting and ghrelin
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L = over G= under
8
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BMI
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Body mass index
Weight divide by height power of 2
9
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Under weight promblems
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Immune system fragile bones and tired
10
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Glands
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Organs that secretes particular chemical