GCSE Biology – Hormones in the menstrual cycle

Last updated: 29/04/2020
CCEA GCSE Science – Combined science higher Reproduction, fertility and contraception GCSE Biology – Hormones in the menstrual cycle

Learning Objectives

-I can describe the interaction between FSH, LH and oestrogen in the menstrual cycle

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  1. What is FSH?

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  2. What produces FSH?

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  3. What does FSH cause?

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  4. What does FSH also cause the ovaries to release?

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  5. What is LH?

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  6. What produces LH?

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  7. What does LH do?

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  8. What else does LH do?

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  9. What produces oestrogen?

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  10. What does oestrogen do?

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  11. What else does oestrogen do?

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  12. What happens if there is fertilisation?

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  13. What produces progesterone when LH spikes?

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  14. What does progesterone do?

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  15. What hormones does progesterone inhibit?

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  16. What is fertilisation?

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  17. What does fertilisation restore?

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  18. What produces progesterone if there is fertilisation?

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  19. What does a thick uterus lining do?

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  20. What does progesterone do if there is fertilisation?

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  21. What happens to progesterone levels if there’s no fertilisation?

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  22. What does a decrease in progesterone levels cause?

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  23. What happens to the yellow body if there’s no fertilisation?

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  24. What happens to uterus lining if there’s no fertilisation?

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  25. What is the order of menstrual cycle hormones?

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