B7

Question 1

Where are hormones produced?

Answer 1

Endocrine glands

Question 2

How are hormones transported?

Answer 2

In the blood stream

Question 3

What organs do hormones affect?

Answer 3

Target organs

Question 4

What do hormones generally do?

Answer 4

Control things in organs and cells which need constant readjustment

Question 5

What gland is described as the master gland?

Answer 5

Pituitary gland

Question 6

Why is the pituitary gland known as the master gland?

Answer 6

The hormones it produces act on other glands

Question 7

Give an example of an activity in the body that the pituitary gland controls?

Answer 7

Metabolic rate and menstrual cycle

Question 8

What hormones does the pancreas produce?

Answer 8

Insulin and glucagon

Question 9

What does insulin do?

Answer 9

Regulates blood glucose levels

Question 10

What else does the pancreas produce?

Answer 10

Digestive enzymes

Question 11

What hormones do the ovaries produce?

Answer 11

Oestrogen and progesterone

Question 12

What hormones do the testes produce?

Answer 12

Testosterone

Question 13

What does testosterone control?

Answer 13

Puberty and sperm production

Question 14

What hormone does the thyroid gland produce?

Answer 14

Thyroxine

Question 15

What does the hormone thyroxine control?

Answer 15

Rate of metabolism
Heart rate
Temperature

Question 16

Where is adrenaline produced?

Answer 16

Adrenal glands

Question 17

What does the hormone adrenalin control?

Answer 17

Fight or flight response

Question 18

What is the target organ for Insulin?

Answer 18

The liver

Question 19

What is the target organ for oestrogen and progesterone?

Answer 19

The uterus

Question 20

What is the target organ for testosterone?

Answer 20

Male reproductive organs

Question 21

Target organs for thyroxine?

Answer 21

Liver
Muscles
Kidney

Question 22

Target organs for adrenalin?

Answer 22

Liver and heart

Question 23

What is faster the nervous system or hormones?

Answer 23

Nervous system

Question 24

Hormones take a long time to act, true or false?

Answer 24

True

Question 25

Hormones act on a precise area, true or false?

Answer 25

Flase- neurons act on a precise area, hormones are more general

Question 26

What is the menstrual cycle?

Answer 26

When the female body releases an egg and prepares the uterus for a fertilised egg

Question 27

What happens on day 1 of the menstrual cycle?

Answer 27

Menstruation starts- uterus lining breaks down and is released

Question 28

What happens on day 4 on the menstrual cycle?

Answer 28

Uterus lining is repaired and becomes a thick spongy layer of blood vessels ready for a fertilised egg

Question 29

What happens on day 14 of the menstrual cycle?

Answer 29

Ovulation- an egg develops and is released from the ovary

Question 30

What happens between day 14 and 28 of the menstrual cycle?

Answer 30

The lining is maintained and is there is no egg on day 28 then the lining breaks down

Question 31

Where is oestrogen released from?

Answer 31

Ovaries

Question 32

What does oestrogen do?

Answer 32

Causes uterus lining to thicken

Question 33

What does a high level of oestrogen stimulate?

Answer 33

LH

Question 34

When is progesterone released?

Answer 34

After ovulation

Question 35

Where is progesterone released from?

Answer 35

Corpus lutem

Question 36

What does progesterone do?

Answer 36

Maintains uterus lining

Question 37

What does progesterone inhibit?

Answer 37

Release of LH and FSH

Question 38

When levels of oestrogen and progesterone fall what happens?

Answer 38

Uterus lining breaks down

Question 39

What happens when the level of progesterone is low and FSH level is high?

Answer 39

The cycle begins again

Question 40

What do barrier methods prevent?

Answer 40

Egg and sperm meeting

Question 41

What do barrier methods protect against?

Answer 41

STIs

Question 42

Examples of barrier methods

Answer 42

Condom and diaphragm

Question 43

What do hormonal contraceptives do?

Answer 43

Stop ovulation

Question 44

What do hormones containing oestrogen prevent?

Answer 44

Egg Release- keep oestrogen levels permanently high and inhibit FSH release to stop egg development

Question 45

What do hormones containing progesterone do?

Answer 45

Reduce fertility by stimulating production of thick cervical mucus to prevent sperm passing cervix

Question 46

What hormones does the pill contain?

Answer 46

Oestrogen and progesterone

Question 47

What is a disadvantage of hormonal contraceptives?

Answer 47

Unpleasant side effects e.g. acne, head aches, mood swings

Question 48

What don't hormonal contraceptives protect against?

Answer 48

STIs