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1
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What are hormones?

A

They are chemical messengers

2
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What is a gland and what type of gland produces hormones?

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A gland is a organ that contains cell which produces substances
Endocrine gland- releases hormones into the blood

3
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Example of negative feedback

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Body temp increases to high-nerve cells in skin and brain- temperature regulatory center in brain- sweat is produced

Body temperature regulation

4
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Where is TSH stored and what’s its function

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TSH-Thyroid,stimulates the thyroid gland to secrete it’s own hormone call thyroxine

5
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FSH and LH where made and how do they perform

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FSH, made in the pituitary gland in the brain, it works on your ovaries and matures eggs
LH, made in the PERTURATY gland, it works on the ovaries and releases eggs

6
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Oestrogen and progesterone where are they made and what do they do?

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Oestrogen-made in the ovaries, it works on the maturity gland, it makes the maturity gland produce LH
Progesterone-made in the ovaries, it works on the uterus, it builds up and maintain the uterus lining

7
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Name the two locations of LH and FSH

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For females-it’s in the ovaries and stimulates them to produce oestrogen and progesterone
For males-it’s the testes and stimulates them to produce testosterone and sperm