Hormone and Menstrual Cycle

What hormones do testes make?

• Testosterone

• Oestrogen and Progesterone

• FSH

• LH

What is the main female reproductive hormone?

• Testosterone
• Lutenising Hormone
• Oestrogen
• Folicle Stimulating Hormone

What hormones do ovaries make?

• Testosterone

• Oestrogen and Progesterone

• FSH

• LH

The diagram shows the female reproductive system. The part labelled B is called  

• sperm 
• the egg  
• the womb  
• the ovary 

What changes happen to boys during puberty?

• Voice breaks, body becomes more muscular and the body produces sperm

• Breasts develop, body becomes more muscular and the body produces sperm

• Voice breaks, body becomes more muscular and the hips widen

What changes happen to girls during puberty?

• Voice breaks, body becomes more muscular and the body produces sperm

• Breasts develop, mature eggs start to form every month in the ovaries, the uterus grows and becomes active & menstruation begins

• Voice breaks, body becomes more muscular and the hips widen

The menstrual cycle repeats every?

• 28 days

• Week

• Month

• Year

On what day of the cycle is ovulation?

• Day 14

• Day 7

• Day 1

• Day 28

What is the role of FSH

(follicle-stimulating hormone)?

• Causes an egg to mature in an ovary. Stimulates the ovaries to release oestrogen

• Stimulates the pituitary gland to release LH.

• Triggers ovulation (the release of a mature egg)

• Maintains the lining of the uterus during the middle part of the menstrual cycle and during pregnancy.

What is the role of Oestrogen?

• Stops FSH being produced (so that only one egg matures in a cycle). Repairs, thickens and maintains the uterus lining. Stimulates the pituitary gland to release LH.

• Causes an egg to mature in an ovary. Stimulates the ovaries to release oestrogen.

• Maintains the lining of the uterus during the middle part of the menstrual cycle and during pregnancy.

• Triggers ovulation (the release of a mature egg)

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