Puberty and the menstrual cycle

Question 1

What does your body start releasing at puberty

Answer 1

Sex hormones

Question 2

What do sex hormones trigger

Answer 2

Secondary sexual characteristics eg hair, breast etc and cause eggs to mature in women

Question 3

What is the main reproductive hormone in men

Answer 3

Testosterone which is produced in the testes and stimulates sperm production

Question 4

What is the main reproductive hormone in women

Answer 4

Oestrogen which is produce in the ovaries which brings about physical changes but also plays a role in the menstrual cycle

Question 5

How many stages does the menstrual cycle have

Answer 5

4

Question 6

What is stage 1 of the menstrual cycle

-day 1-…
-… starts
-the uterus … breaks … for around … days

Answer 6

-day 1-4
-menstruation starts
-the uterus lining breaks down for around 4 days

Question 7

What is stage 2 of the menstrual cycle

-day …-…
-the … lining … up again
-into a … thick layer full of blood … in … for a … egg
-… levels …

Answer 7

-day 4-14
-the uterus lining builds up again
-into a spongy thick layer full of blood vessels in preparation for a fertilised egg
-oestrogen level increase

Question 8

What is stage 3 of the menstrual cycle

-day …
-an … develops and is … from the …
-o…
-… increases which … the … of an egg

Answer 8

-day 14
-an egg develops and is released from the ovary
-ovulation
-LH increases which stimulates the release of an egg

Question 9

What is stage 4 in the menstrual cycle

-day …-28
-the wall is …
-if the is no … egg by day … then the … lining starts to … down
-the cycle …
-… increases which … the … of the uterus

Answer 9

-day 14-28
-the wall is maintained
-if the is no fertilised egg by day 28 then the spongy lining starts to break down
-the cycle repeats
-progesterone increases which maintains the lining of the uterus

Question 10

What 4 hormones is the menstrual cycle controlled by
-…
-…
-o…
-p…

Answer 10

-FSH
-LH
-Oestrogen
-Progesterone

Question 11

What is FSH
-…-stimulating …
-produced in the … gland
-causes and .. to … in an … in a structure called a …
-… ovaries to produce …

Answer 11

-follicle-stimulating hormone
-produced in the pituitary gland
-causes and egg to mature in an ovary in a structure called a follicle
-stimulates ovaries to produce oestrogen

Question 12

What is LH
-… hormone
-produced in the … gland
-… the … of an egg (…)

Answer 12

-Luteinising hormone
-produced in the pituitary gland
-stimulates the release of an egg (ovulation)

Question 13

What is oestrogen
-produced in the …
-causes the … of the uterus to …
-… the release of … (causes the … of an …)
-… release of … (causes egg to …)

Answer 13

-produced in the ovaries
-causes the lining of the uterus to grow
-stimulates the release of LH (causes the release of an egg)
-inhibits release of FSH (causes egg to mature)

Question 14

What is progesterone

-produced in the … by the remains of the … offer …
-maintains the … of the … during the … half of the …
-when … levels fall the lining … down
-… the release of … and …

Answer 14

-produced in the ovaries by the remains of the follicle offer ovulation
-maintains the lining of the uterus during the 2nd half of the cycle
-when progesterone levels fall the lining breaks down
-inhibits the release of LH and FSH