Hormones

Question 1

What are hormones?

Answer 1

They are chemical messengers

Question 2

What is a gland and what type of gland produces hormones?

Answer 2

A gland is a organ that contains cell which produces substances
Endocrine gland- releases hormones into the blood

Question 3

Example of negative feedback

Answer 3

Body temp increases to high-nerve cells in skin and brain- temperature regulatory center in brain- sweat is produced

Body temperature regulation

Question 4

Where is TSH stored and what’s its function

Answer 4

TSH-Thyroid,stimulates the thyroid gland to secrete it’s own hormone call thyroxine

Question 5

FSH and LH where made and how do they perform

Answer 5

FSH, made in the pituitary gland in the brain, it works on your ovaries and matures eggs
LH, made in the PERTURATY gland, it works on the ovaries and releases eggs

Question 6

Oestrogen and progesterone where are they made and what do they do?

Answer 6

Oestrogen-made in the ovaries, it works on the maturity gland, it makes the maturity gland produce LH
Progesterone-made in the ovaries, it works on the uterus, it builds up and maintain the uterus lining

Question 7

Name the two locations of LH and FSH

Answer 7

For females-it’s in the ovaries and stimulates them to produce oestrogen and progesterone
For males-it’s the testes and stimulates them to produce testosterone and sperm