Biology - Hormones Topic
Across
- 1. A type of diabetes in which the pancreas does not produce insulin.
- 3. Chemical messenger that is released into the blood from an endocrine gland and causes target cells to change how they work.
- 8. A monthly cycle involving the reproductive organs in women.
- 12. A gland located on top of a kidney that produces the hormone adrenalin.
- 14. A disease in which the body cannot control blood glucose concentration at the correct level.
- 16. The prevention of pregnancy.
- 17. The ‘bleed’ that occurs during menstruation.
- 22. Fusing of a male gamete with a female gamete.
- 23. A type of diabetes in which cells do not respond to insulin, or too little insulin is produced.
- 25. Controlling the internal environment of the body at stable levels.
Down
- 2. One of the hormones released by the ovaries.
- 4. The release of an egg from an ovary.
- 5. A control mechanism in which a change in a condition, such as temperature, causes the opposite change to happen and so brings the condition back to a normal level.
- 6. An estimate of the amount of fat in a person’s body, using their mass and height
- 7. A hormone produced by the ovaries which is important in the menstrual cycle.
- 9. When the menstrual cycle stops completely
- 10. A hormone that increases blood glucose concentration.
- 11. The stage of life when the body develops in ways that make it able to reproduce
- 13. An organ that makes and releases hormones into the blood.
- 15. The breakdown and loss of the thickened part of the uterus lining at the start of a woman’s menstrual cycle.
- 18. An organ in the male reproductive system that produces sperm cells and the hormone testosterone. Plural is testes.
- 19. An organ just below the brain that controls many activities of the body (e.g. metabolic rate and the menstrual cycle) by the release of hormones into the blood.
- 20. A hormone that is released from the adrenal glands when you are nervous or excited.
- 21. Organ in the body that produces some digestive enzymes, as well as the hormones insulin and glucagon.
- 24. Organ in the female reproductive system that releases egg cells and the hormones oestrogen and progesterone.