Youth

Question 1

Endocrine system. Glands

Answer 1

Pituitary gland, hypothalamus, thyroid gland, adrenal gland, pancreas, ovaries and testes

Question 2

Pituitary gland

Answer 2

Growth hormone, thyroid stimulating hormone, lutenising hormone, andrenocorticotrophic hormone and follicle stimulating hormone.

Question 3

Thyroid gland

Answer 3

Thyroxine hormone

Question 4

Adrenal gland

Answer 4

Androgen hormone

Question 5

Ovaries

Answer 5

Oestrogen (fsh) progesterone (lh)

Question 6

Testes

Answer 6

Sperm (fsh) testosterone (lh)

Question 7

Puberty

Answer 7

Biological changes that occur during youth and prepare the individual for sexual reproduction

Question 8

Growth spurt hormones

Answer 8

Growth hormone and thyroid stimulating hormone

Question 9

Growth hormone

Answer 9

Acts on all cells, increases cell size and number. Plateaus after puberty and decreases with old age.

Question 10

Thyroid stimulating hormone

Answer 10

Increases in cell size and number. Brain maturation

Question 11

Sexual maturation hormones

Answer 11

Follicle stimulating hormone, lutenising hormone and andrenocorticotrophic hormone

Question 12

Follicle stimulating hormone-females

Answer 12

Triggers the ovaries to produce oestrogen, which causes the menstrual cycle and secondary sex characteristics to occur in females

Question 13

Follicle stimulating hormone-males

Answer 13

Triggers the testes to produce sperm

Question 14

Lutenising hormone-females

Answer 14

Triggers the ovaries to produce progesterone, which causes the menstrual cycle to occur in females

Question 15

Lutenising hormone-males

Answer 15

Triggers the testes to produce testosterone which causes the male sex characteristics to occur

Question 16

Adrenocorticotrophic hormone

Answer 16

Triggers the adrenal glands to produce androgen, which causes the male sex characteristics to occur

Question 17

Youth definition

Answer 17

12-18 years of age. However, It should be acknowledged that classification for the stage of youth can differ across agencies

Question 18

Developmental tasks

Answer 18

Establishing independence-own house.

Search for identity-alcohol etc.

Question 19

Emotional development

Answer 19

The development of the full range of emotions and the optimal way of expressing them

Question 20

Social development

Answer 20

The increasing complexity of behaviour patterns used in relationships with others

Question 21

Intellectual development

Answer 21

The development of processes in the brain such as thought, knowledge and memory

Question 22

Physical development

Answer 22

Changes to the body and its systems

Question 23

Biological determinants definitions

Answer 23

These are concerned with the body’s cells, tissue, organs and systems, and how they function.

Question 24

Genetics

Answer 24

Determines what you look like, what gender you are

Question 25

Hormonal change

Answer 25

Influences when and how quickly an individual develops eg. Diabetes, menopause

Question 26

Body weight

Answer 26

Young people who don’t eat the right foods can end up being either underweight or overweight. Eg.low birth weight

Question 27

Mortality

Answer 27

Deaths in a population.

Question 28

Morbidity

Answer 28

ill-health levels in an individual and the levels of ill-health in a population.

Question 29

Diagrams

Answer 29

Endocrine system

Male and female sex organs

Question 30

Mortality rates

Answer 30

Females 84

Males 80

Question 31

The endocrine system definition

Answer 31

A series of glands and their secretion. It works closely with the circulatory system.

Question 32

Individual human development

Answer 32

The series of orderly changes that occur from conception til birth. Development can be PIES