Science

• What is considered as the ovulation day for regular menstrual cycle?

  Day 14
• What do you call a rare condition that causes abnormal growth in children due to decrease in the production and secretion of growth hormones

  Dwarfism
• The ability to reproduce begins at?

  Adolescence
• When you are running to stay away from danger, what gland is being stimulated?

  Adrenal
• What gland is involved if a persons blood sugar level becomes unstable?

  Pancreas
• What is osteoporosis?

  A disorder in which bones become fragile and breakable
• It refers to body's "master gland"

  Pituitary Gland
• Menstruation is the discharge of blood from the?

  Uterine wall
• Which produces and secrete estrogen and progesterone?

  Ovary
• Which hormone helps control the menstrual cycle and stimulates the growth of eggs in the ovaries?

  Follicle Stimulating Hormone
• Which refers to the "period" which occurs in females if no fertilization takes place?

  Menstruation
• During the first half of the cycle, which feedback mechanism keeps level of FSH, LH, estrogen, and progesterone relatively stable?

  Negative feedback
• What gland is being stimulated during exercise?

  Adrenal
• Which birth control device is best used for safe sex?

  Condom
• Which glands secrete a hormone that enables the body to produce T cells?

  Thymus
• The organ that makes estrogen and progesterone is the?

  Ovary
• Menstruation is a monthly occurrence. When will there be menstruation?

  When the egg is not fertilized by a sperm
• What is nervous system?

  It is the body's control center
• Which glands produce hormones that controls the heart rate and breathing in times of emergency?

  Adrenal
• This serves as a channel for signals between the brain and the rest of the body

  spinal cord
• The hormones secreted by pancreas are insulin and?

  Glucagon
• What does the autonomic nervous system control?

  Involuntary actions like heartbeat
• What is the purpose of the thyroid gland?

  It releases thyroxin and calcitonin
• Which of the following shows a correct pairing of a dysfunction and the involved endocrine gland?

  goiter: thyroid
• What are nerve signals?

  Electrical impulses
• The nervous system uses electrical impulses to send messages through neurons while _ uses hormones to send messages to the target cells through the bloodstream.

  Endocrine system
• What are the main parts of the nervous system?

  Brain, spinal cord, and nerves
• Menstruation is a sign that a girl is?

  Capable of producing an offspring
• Which part of the brain helps keep your balance so you don't just fall or stumble while walking?

  Cerebellum
• An egg maybe released from the ovary through a process called?

  Ovulation
• Which of the following is TRUE about the central nervous system?

  It is composed of the brain and the spinal cord
• Which hormones thickens the endometrium in preparation for implantation and inhibits FSH and LH?

  Progesterone
• You felt hungry because you haven't eaten your food for lunch trying to finish home works. Which of the following is best the best response to the given stimulus?

  Eat
• Instructions from the brain to the target organs is carried by?

  Nerves
• It refers to the state reached when each part of the body functions in equilibrium with other parts.

  Homeostatis
• Physiological processes are commonly moderated via two distinct feedback mechanisms-positive and negative feedback. Which of the pair of events and feedback regulation is incorrect?

  Childbirth: Positive Feedback
• Which nervous system controls the internal organs?

  Autonomic
• What is another term for nerve cell?

  Neuron
• Which of the following glands produce hormones that controls the calcium levels of the body?

  Parathyroid
• The hypothalamus connects the two systems, _ and _

  Nervous and Endocrine