Across
- 2. The organ where a fertilised egg implants - provides nutrients and oxygen (6 letters - Begins with "U")
- 5. The removal of the uterus lining and blood during the menstrual cycle (6 letters - Begins with "P")
- 8. CNS - The part of the nervous system that is made up of your spinal cord and brain (3 words - Begins with "Central")
- 9. A nervous response that does not use the brain (6 letters - Begins with "R")
- 10. A chemical messenger like FSH or oestrogen (7 letters - Begins with "H")
- 13. The name of the cycle that controls the maturation and release of egg cells, as well as changes in the uterus lining (9 letters - Begins with "M")
- 15. A cell that transmits electrical impulses (7 letters)
- 16. A specialised cell that is fertilised to produce an embryo (3 letters - Begins with "E")
- 17. A group of tissues that releases hormones, like the ovary (5 letters - Begins with "G")
Down
- 1. A hormone that maintains the lining of the uterus (12 letters - Begins with "P")
- 3. A collection of cells that responds to a stimulus (8 letters - Begins with "R")
- 4. A neurone that sends electrical impulses to your brain or spinal cord (7 letters - Begins with "S")
- 6. A gland that releases oestrogen and mature eggs (5 letters - Begins with "O")
- 7. A neurone that sends electrical impulses to muscles or glands (5 letters - Begins with "M")
- 11. A hormone that builds up the lining of the uterus (9 letters - Begins with "O")
- 12. A hormone that stimulates follicles in the ovary to mature an egg cell (3 letters - Begins with "F")
- 14. The part of a neurone that sends signals away from the cell body (4 letters - Begins with "A")
- 18. A hormone that triggers the release of an egg from the follicle (2 letters - Begins with "L")