Organism-Level Systems (Combined Higher)
Across
- 1. A technique that involves the fertilisation of egg cells outside of the womb (3 words) (H)
- 3. An endocrine hormone that builds up the uterus lining
- 6. FSH (3 words)
- 7. A hormone released when blood glucose levels are too slow
- 10. The gland that produces adrenaline
- 12. Muscles or glands that give a response to a stimulus
- 14. A type of control used in homeostasis that reverses changes in internal conditions detected by receptors (H)
- 16. A change in the environment that can be detected
- 17. The release of an egg cell from the ovaries
- 19. A section of a neurone that carries electrical impulses to the cell body
- 22. A type of neurone that carries electrical impulses from between different types of neurones. Found in the spinal cord
- 23. A type of neurone that carries electrical impulses to effectors
- 24. A hormone released when blood glucose levels are too high
- 25. A type of neurone that carries electrical impusles generated from a receptor cell
- 27. A type of response that is produced from the brain after it receives information from different types of receptors
- 28. The glands that produce oestrogen and progesterone
Down
- 2. A non-hormonal form of contraception that releases copper into the uterus and fallopian tubes
- 4. the gland that produces insulin
- 5. An endocrine horomone that maintains the uterus lining
- 8. A hormone released from the body when you feel scared or threatened (H)
- 9. The process by which the body maintains internal conditions to keep them constant
- 11. A condition where blood glucose levels cannot be controlled properly with insulin
- 13. CNS (3 words)
- 15. A section of a neurone that carries electrical impulses away from the cell body
- 18. An response generated from the nervous system that does not involve the brain
- 20. A hormone that controls metabolic rates (H)
- 21. LH (2 words)
- 26. A group of cells that can detect a stimulus