Unit 2

Question 1

Where is adrenaline produced?

Answer 1

Adrenal gland

Question 2

Where is insulin produced?

Answer 2

Pancreas

Question 3

Where is testosterone produced?

Answer 3

Testes

Question 4

Where is progesterone produced?

Answer 4

Ovaries

Question 5

Where is oestrogen produced?

Answer 5

Ovaries

Question 6

Where is ADH produced? (T)

Answer 6

Pituitary gland

Question 7

Where is FSH produced? (T)

Answer 7

Pituitary gland

Question 8

Where is LH produced? (T)

Answer 8

Pituitary gland

Question 9

What is the role of adrenaline and what effect does it have on the body?

Answer 9

Readies body for fight or flight response
Increases heart rate, blood flow and blood sugar levels

Question 10

What is the role and effect of insulin?

Answer 10

Helps control blood sugar levels by stimulating the liver to turn glucose into glycogen

Question 11

What is the role and effect of testosterone?

Answer 11

Promote male secondary sexual characteristics:
-Extra facial and body hair
-Muscles develop
-Penis and testicles grow
-Sperm production
-Voice deepens

Question 12

What is the role/effect of progesterone?

Answer 12

-Maintain the lining of the uterus
-Inhibit LH and FSH production

Question 13

What is the role and effect of oestrogen?

Answer 13

Promote female secondary sexual characteristics:
-Extra underarm and pubic hair
-Hips widen
-Breasts develop

Menstruation:
-Lining of uterus develop
-Stimulates release of LH

Question 14

What is the role and effect of ADH? (T)

Answer 14

Controls water content by increasing the permeability of the kidneys

Question 15

What is the role/effect of FSH? (T)

Answer 15

-Causes an egg to mature in an ovary
-Stimulates the ovaries to produce oestrogen

Question 16

What is the role/effect of LH? (T)

Answer 16

Stimulates the release of an egg from an ovary