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Hormones: Part of Homeostasis and Control

Hormones are chemicals that act as messengers between glands and organs, causing changes in the body. The document discusses several glands and their hormone functions, including the ovaries and testes, which produce sex hormones involved in sexual development and fertility. The pituitary gland at the base of the brain produces two hormones related to fertility and controls other processes like growth and water levels. Understanding hormones may help explain why someone is having trouble getting pregnant.

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Hormones: Part of Homeostasis and Control

Hormones are chemicals that act as messengers between glands and organs, causing changes in the body. The document discusses several glands and their hormone functions, including the ovaries and testes, which produce sex hormones involved in sexual development and fertility. The pituitary gland at the base of the brain produces two hormones related to fertility and controls other processes like growth and water levels. Understanding hormones may help explain why someone is having trouble getting pregnant.

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Hormones

Part of homeostasis and control


Trying for a baby
We’ve been trying for
a baby but I can’t
seem to get pregnant.

It could be your
hormones.

What are hormones?


Managing change
Hormones are chemicals that act like messengers. They are
secreted by glands and carried in the blood from organ to
organ.

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Glands and their hormones
pituitary
thyroid gland

adrenal pancreas
glands
ovaries
testes (females)
(males)
Sex hormones
In males, the testes produce the sex hormone testosterone,
which makes male secondary sexual characteristics develop.
ovaries
testes (females)
(males)

In females, the ovaries produce the sex hormones oestrogen


and progesterone.

These make female secondary sexual characteristics develop


and are involved in fertility and the menstrual cycle.
The pituitary gland
The pituitary gland is a pea-sized
gland at the base of the brain.
It releases many hormones

pituitary
gland
The pituitary gland
produces two hormones
involved in fertility

It also controls growth,


and water levels in the
body
True or false?

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