Hormones and Female Reproductive 0.0 / 5 ? Home Economics: Child DevelopmentHormones and Female ReproductiveGCSEAQA Created by: Mollyrodden122Created on: 20-04-16 19:43 Hormones and Female Reproductive Hormones are produced in the endocrine gland. Hormones job is too signal changes within a body. Male sex hormone is testosterone. Female sex hormone is oestrogen. Progesterone is the pregnancy hormone that controls the menstrual cycle. Female has two ovaries (sex glands) that control hormones oestrogen and progestrone. Ovulation is when the ovaries produce an egg once a month. The uterus has strong muscular walls called the amnion and the chorion. The uterus job is to nature the unborn child. The uterus lining is called the endometrium. The endomentrium enriches the blood after a period when no fertilising egg is implanted. The fallopian tubes are tubes that lead to the uterus. The egg that is released travels down the fallopian tube. Sperm can swim up the fallopian tube and fertilise an egg. Cervix is a strong muscle between the uterus and the vagina. The cervix holds the unborn child. The vagina is a tube which extends to the cervix at the neck of the uterus and exists the body. 1 of 1
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