Nervous system Hormones

Question 1

What are hormones carried in?

Answer 1

Blood plasma

Question 2

Hormones are produced where?

Answer 2

Pituitary glands

Question 3

How are nerves different to hormones?

Answer 3

They’re:
Fast
Take a short time to act
Act on a certain area

Question 4

What are hormones?

Answer 4

Chemical messages sent in the blood to activate target cells

Question 5

Where is FSH produced?

Answer 5

Pituitary glands

Question 6

What does FSH do?

Answer 6

Causes the egg to mature and stimulates the ovaries to produce oestrogen

Question 7

Where is oestrogen produced?

Answer 7

Ovaires

Question 8

What does oestrogen do?

Answer 8

Causes the pituitary gland to produce LH and inhabits further FSH

Question 9

Where is LH produced?

Answer 9

Pituitary gland

Question 10

What does LH do?

Answer 10

Stimulates the release of an egg

Question 11

What happens at stage 1 of the menstrual cycle?

Answer 11

bleeding starts

Question 12

What happens at stage 2 of the menstrual cycle?

Answer 12

The lining of the uterus builds up again

Question 13

What happens at stage 3 of the menstrual cycle?

Answer 13

An egg is released

Question 14

What happens at stage 4 of the menstrual cycle?

Answer 14

The wall is then maintained and if no fertilised egg has landed the lining will break down and start the cycle again.