Leaving Certificate Biology Hormonal control in Menstrual Cycle & Pregnancy 2 iQuiz SECOND Press the F5 Key to Begin, Then click on this Blue Box FIRST In PowerPoint 2007 if you see a Security Warning click HERE on Options… and then click on  Enable this content

The corpus luteum persists if pregnancy has occurred. What hormone does it produce? OestrogenProgesterone Luteinising hormone Prolactin

What hormone stimulates sperm production in the male, and egg and oestrogen production in the female? HCGFSH ADHTSH

The fluid-filled vesicle in a female mammalian ovary containing an egg is called the … Islets of Langerhans Leydig cells Cowper’s glandGraafian follicle

Name the sex hormone produced by the pituitary which causes ovulation in the female and stimulates the corpus luteum to produce progesterone. Luteinising hormone Adrenaline OestrogenThyroxine

The release of an egg (ovum) from the Graafian follicle of the ovary into the fallopian tube is known as … MenstruationProliferation GestationOvulation

Name the sex hormone produced by the pituitary which in the male stimulates the testes to produce testosterone. Oestrogen Luteinising hormone ThyroxineProgesterone

The length of the gestation period in humans is … 9 months28 days Day 14A year

Name the ovarian hormone: it stimulates proliferation of the uterine wall and LH production, inhibits FSH production, and maintains the secondary sexual characteristics? Luteinising hormone Oestrogen ProgesteroneProlactin

Name the pituitary hormone produced in response to the sudden fall in the levels of oestrogen and progesterone and which stimulates contractions of the uterus during labour. Testosterone Luteinising hormone OxytocinProlactin

Name the ovarian hormone: it stimulates endometrium growth in preparation for and during pregnancy? Oestrogen Luteinising hormone ProgesteroneProlactin

For how long does the average menstrual cycle last? 5 days28 days 14 daysA year

On which day of a 35 day menstrual cycle would ovulation occur? Day 14Day 21 Day 7Day 28

Name the structure formed from the Graafian follicle after ovulation? MorulaGamete Corpus luteumCowper’s gland

What hormone produced by the testes stimulates male secondary sexual characteristics? Luteinising hormone Insulin Growth hormoneTestosterone

What hormone, produced by the pituitary, stimulates milk production in the mammary glands and inhibits FSH production by the pituitary? OxytocinProlactin Oestrogen Luteinising hormone

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