Hormones
Across
- 4. hormone that stimulates breakdown of carbohydrate in the liver
- 8. increases uptake of glucose from the blood into cells
- 10. LH stimulates this
- 13. drug used in fertility treatment
- 15. hormone that controls metabolic rate
- 16. when the uterus lining is shed (also known as the period
- 18. hormone that stimulates maturation of an egg
- 19. change in concentration of hormone (released by corpus luteum)if fertilisation does not occur
- 20. inability to regulate blood glucose level
Down
- 1. gland that secretes TRH
- 2. barrier method of contraception that also protects against STIs
- 3. pea-sized gland in the brain
- 4. meaning of the term 'vitro'
- 5. fight-fright-flight hormone
- 6. storage carbohydrate in animals
- 7. hormone released by the corpus luteum
- 9. where the egg matures
- 11. hormone that stimulates the release of the hormone that controls metabolic rate
- 12. regulation of a constant internal environment
- 14. lining of the uterus
- 15. the lining of the uterus does this after the period
- 17. hormone released by the ovaries