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