What does FSH do in females and where is it produced/released?
Follicle Stimulating Hormone: Stimulates the growth of follicles in the ovary; Stimulates the production of Oestrogen. The Pituitary Gland
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What does FSH do in males and where is it produced/released?
Follicle stimulating hormone: Stimulates spermatogenesis in the testes. The Pituitary Gland
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What does LH do in females and where is it produced/released?
Lutenising Hormone: Stimulates ovulation and Stimulates the production of Progesterone. The Pituitary Gland.
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What does LH do in males and where is it produced/released?
Lutenising Hormone: Stimulates the production of Testosterone in the testes. The Pituitary Gland.
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What does Testosterone do? Where is it produced/released?
It is produced in the Testes. It stimulates the development on the male reproductive tract; Stimulates the secondary sexual characteristics.
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What does Oestrogen do? Where is it produced/released?
It is produced in the Ovaries. It stimulates the development of the female reproductive system; regulates the female reproductive cycle; stimulates the development of female secondary sexual characteristics.
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What are two male S-S-C and two female S-S-C?
Male: Hair growth and Bone mass / Female: Enlarged breasts and Widened hips
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What does Progesterone do? Where is it produced/released?
It is produced by the ovaries. It maintains the Endometrium, preparing for implantation of a fertilised Ova.
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What does Oxytocin do? where is it produced/released?
Released from the Pituitary Gland. It is important in Parturition and Lactation
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What does Oxytocin do during Parturition?
The stretching of the Cervix and Uterus stimulates the secretion of Oxytocin. The oxytocin stimulates contraction of the Uterine wall. This is a positive feedback loop.
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Give one example of a hormone that works in a negative feedback loop and one that works in a positive feedback loop
-ve feedback loop: Oestrogen-inhibits production of FSH / +ve feedback loop: Oxytocin
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What does Oxytocin do during lactation?
The suckling of the young stimulate the secretion of Oxytocin. The Oxytocin stimulates milk ejection from the mammary glands.
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What does FSH do in males and where is it produced/released?
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Follicle stimulating hormone: Stimulates spermatogenesis in the testes. The Pituitary Gland
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What does LH do in females and where is it produced/released?
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What does LH do in males and where is it produced/released?
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