Hormonal control in the Menstrual Cycle and in Pregnancy 2

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For €100: The corpus luteum persists if pregnancy

has occurred. What hormone does it produce?

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Oestrogen Progesterone

Luteinising hormone

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Oestrogen Progesterone

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For €500: Name the sex hormone produced by the pituitary which causes ovulation in the

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Luteinising hormone

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For €1,000: The release of an egg (ovum) from the Graafian follicle of the ovary into the

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Menstruation Proliferation

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For €2,000: Name the sex hormone produced by the pituitary which in the male stimulates the

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For €8,000: Name female sex hormone: produced by ovaries,

stimulates proliferation of the uterine wall and LH production, inhibits FSH production, and

maintains the secondary sexual characteristics?

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Luteinising hormone Oestrogen

Progesterone Prolactin

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For €8,000: Name female sex hormone: produced by ovaries,

stimulates proliferation of the uterine wall and LH production, inhibits FSH production, and

maintains the secondary sexual characteristics?

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For €16,000: Name the hormone produced by the pituitary

gland in response to the sudden fall in the levels of oestrogen and progesterone and stimulates

contractions of the uterus during labour.

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Testosterone Luteinising hormone

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For €32,000: What hormone, produced by the ovaries,

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Morula Gamete

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Morula

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