Biology - Hormones Topic

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