Hormones in Humans: Reproduction & Metabolism (OCR GCSE Biology A, Combined (Gateway Science Suite)): Quizzes
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What is the main male reproductive hormone?
What is the main male reproductive hormone?
Testosterone
Where is testosterone produced?
Where is testosterone produced?
Testes
What does testosterone stimulate?
What does testosterone stimulate?
Sperm production
Where is oestrogen produced?
Where is oestrogen produced?
Ovary
On which day of the menstrual cycle does ovulation occur?
On which day of the menstrual cycle does ovulation occur?
Day 14
What is released from the ovary during ovulation?
What is released from the ovary during ovulation?
An egg
How does the egg travel from the ovary to the uterus?
How does the egg travel from the ovary to the uterus?
Via the fallopian tube
How long is the menstrual cycle?
How long is the menstrual cycle?
28 days
How many hormones control the events of the menstrual cycle?
How many hormones control the events of the menstrual cycle?
Four
What does FSH cause in the ovary?
What does FSH cause in the ovary?
Maturation of an egg
Where is FSH produced?
Where is FSH produced?
Pituitary gland
What does oestrogen cause the lining of the uterus to do?
What does oestrogen cause the lining of the uterus to do?
Grow again
What effect does oestrogen have on LH and FSH?
What effect does oestrogen have on LH and FSH?
Stimulates LH, inhibits FSH
What does the release of LH result in?
What does the release of LH result in?
Ovulation
Which hormones does progesterone inhibit?
Which hormones does progesterone inhibit?
Both FSH and LH