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B11 - Hormonal Co-ordination Flashcards

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What temperature is the optimum temperature for enzymes in the body?

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37°C

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What is thermoregulation?

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The control of our internal body temperature

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What is vasoconstriction?

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Constricting the blood vessels near our skin to conserve heat

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What are some mechanisms our body uses to warm us up?

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Vasoconstrictiom
Shivering
Contraction of erector muscles

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What is shivering?

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Where your skeletal muscles contract automatically to heat you up

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When your body is trying to warm up, ehy foes your body contract erector muscles?

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It makes the hair on your skin to stand up to trap air for isolation

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What is vasodilation?

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Where the blood vessels near your skin expand so more heat energy can be transferred to the surroundings

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What is sweat?

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A mixure of water and salt cool us down

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How does sweat work to cool us down?

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The sweat will evaporate, taking the heat energy away with it

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What is blood glucose concentration?

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The amount of glucose in our blood stream

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What would hapoen to your blood glucose concentration, if you eat food with alor of carbohydrates?

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It will increase

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What organ detects a rise in glucose levels?

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The pancreas

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What hormone does the pancreas produce?

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Insulin and Glucagon

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What does insulin in your blood stream do?

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It binds to receptors on certain cells, which tells those cells to take in some of the glucpse in your blood

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What is glucagen?

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A large molecule made up of lots of glucose molecules

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What does glucagon do in the blood stream?

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It binds to liver cells which take glycogen and break it down glucose

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What is released when blood glucose levels are too high?

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Insulin

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What is released when blood glucose levels are too low?

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Glucagon

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What are some mechanisms our body uses to cool us down?

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Vasodilation
Effector muscles relax
Sweat

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What are primary sexual characteristics?

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The sexual characteristics you are bown with (testes/ovaries)

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What is the secondary sexual characteristics?

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The characteristics your develop through puberty

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What is the main reproductive hormone for females and what is it produced by?

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Oestrogen and its produced by the ovaries

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What changes does a rise in oestrogen bring?

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Breasts develop
Female pattern of fat is deposited on the hips and thighs
Mature eggs start to form every month in the ovaies

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What is ovulation?

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Where the uterus produces a thickened lining and a mature egg is released

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What does FSH stand for?
Follicle stimulating hormone
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What does FSH stimulate?
The eggs in the ovary to mature The ovaries to produce oestrogen
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What does LH stand for?
Lutienising hormone
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What does LH stimulate
Stimulates the release of the egg at ovulation
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What does oestrogen and progesterone stimulate?
The build up and maintainence of the uterus lining
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What happens during menopause?
The supply of eggs runs out and a woman becomes infertile
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What is the main reproductive hormone in males and what is it produced by?
Testosterone and its produced by the testes
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What changes does a rise in testosterone bring?
Pubic hair and facial hair grow Larynx gets bigger and the voice breaks Muscles develop
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What is the average length of the menstrual cycle?
28 days
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What is stage 1 of the menstrual cycle (day 0-4)?
The uterus lining breaks down
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What is stage 2 of the menstrual cycle (day 4-14)?
The uterus lining builds up again
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What is stage 3 of the menstrual cycle (day14)?
Ovulation - An egg develops and is released from the ovary
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What is stage 4 of the menstrual cycle? (Day 14-28)?
The wall is maintained ready for an egg to be fertilised
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What happens if the egg has not been fertiilised between day 14-28 in stage 4?
The menstrual cycle will repeat
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Where is oestrogen and progesterone produced?
In the ovaries
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What is FSH and LH produced by?
The pituitary gland
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What does oestrogen do?
Caused the lining of the uterus to grow stimulates the release of LH Inhibits the release of FSH
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What does progesterone do?
Maintains the lining of the uterus in stage 4 Inhibits the release of FSH and LH
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What does FSH do?
Causes an egg to mature in the ovaries
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What does LH do?
Stimulates the release of an egg (ovulation)
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What are some ways of reducing fertility?
Contraceptive pills Barriers Abstinence
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What are some ways you can increase fertility?
Giving a woman FSH and LH IVF
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What is IVF?
Where egg cells are fertilised with sperm cells in a lab It grows into an embryo and then js implanted back into the women's uterus lining to grow into a foetus
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What is a pro of IVF?
Gives an infertile couple a child
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What are some disadvantages of IVF?
Success rate is low Emotionally and physically stressful for the woman
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What is adrenaline?
A hormone released by the adrenal glands
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Why is adrenaline released?
Its response to stressful or scary situations so your body is ready to fight or flight
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What is thyroxine?
A hormone released by the thyroid gland
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Where are the adrenal glands located?
Just above the kidneys
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Where is the thyroid gland located?
In the neck
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Why is Thyroxine released?
To regualte the basal metabolic rate And stimulating protein synthesis
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What is the BASAL metabolic rate?
The SPEED at which chemical reactions in thr body occur while the body is at REST
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What is auxin?
A plant hormone that controls growth near the tips of shoots and roots
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Where is auxin produced?
In the tips of the plant
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What 3 ways can plants use hormones to respond to their environment?
Sense light - grow their shoots towards it Sense gravity - grow their roots downwards Sense touch - to climb up other objects
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What does the phrase 'Positively Phototropic' mean?
Grows towards the light
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What does the phrase 'Negatively Phototropic' mean?
Grows away from the light
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If the sun is facing at a shoot from the left, what will the auxins do?
It will produce the hormone of the right side to make it grow, bend, and face the sun
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What does the phrase 'Positively Geotropic' mean?
Grows towards the ground
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What does the phrase 'Negatively Geotropic' mean?
Grows away from the ground
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In terms of phototropic and gravitropic, what is a shoot?
Positvely phototropic Negatively gravitropic
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In terms of phototropic and gravitropic, what is a root?
Negatively phototropic Positively phototropic
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If a root is horizontal, what will the auxins do?
Inhibit growth at the bottom, to let the top grow to curve it
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What can auxins be used for?
To stimulate plants to grow To kill weeds
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If you add too much auxins to a plant, what will happen?
It will disrupt the plants growth patterns, which causes it to die
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What are 3 main uses of Gibberellin?
Controlling dormancy Inducing flowering Growing larger fruit
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What is Ethene used for?
Used to stimulate the ripening of fruit
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What are two differences between The Nervous System and The Endocrine System?
The Endocrine system is slower compared to The Nervous system The Endoctrine system is longer lasting compared to The Nervous System (short lasting)
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What are two differences between The Nervous System and The Endocrine System?
The Endocrine system is slower compared to The Nervous system The Endoctrine system is longer lasting compared to The Nervous System (short lasting)
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What are two effects of adrenaline on the body?
Increased breathing rate Gets the body ready for 'fight or flight'
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What hormones does Oestrogen Stimulate and Inhibit?
Stimulates the release of LH Inhibits the rlease of FSH
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What hormones does Progesterone inhibit?
FSH and LH
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Where is LH and FSH produced?
In the pituitary gland
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Why, when you drink a bottle of cold water, your brain cools down
blood is cooled at the stomach and the cool blood flows to the brain (Brain + digestive system closely connected)
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Explain how the production of thyroxine causes an increase in body temperature.
Leads to more chemical reactions occurring. This increases respiration which releases energy. That increases the temperature

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