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Mind Map by Pierre_Revision, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Pierre_Revision
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Science Revision
- Hormones
- Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) - Brain
- Lutenising hormone (LH) - Brain
- Oestrogen and Progesterone - Ovarys
- Oestrogen is secreted from the pituitary gland
- FSH causes the eggto rise - and more secretion of oestrogen
- Oestrogen contributes to the secretion of LH
- First 5 days = mensturation period
- Day 6 - 14 = The lining of the uterus gets thicker. The egg is maturing. On day 14 the egg is released.
- Day 15 to 28 = Egg can implant in the lining of the uterus. The lining of the uterus is maintained until next month.
- Contraceptive pill = A pill containing sex hormones which is used to prevent conception.
- Fertility drug = Allows couples who could not otherwise do so do so artificially.
- Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) - Brain
- Drugs
- Thalidomide
- Safe Drug: The drug is not toxic or
or have unacceptable side affects
for the patient.
- A drug that slowed down the splitting of cells.
- Used in the 1970's
in Germany for
pregnant women
that had trouble
sleeping.
- Used nowadays as a cure for leprosy and bone cancer
- Safe Drug: The drug is not toxic or
or have unacceptable side affects
for the patient.
- IVF = In vitro fertilisation
- Fertility drugs can be used to make multiple eggs mature at the same time.
- Effective drug: A medicine that cures the disease it is targeting
- Safe drug: You must be
able to use the drug under
normal conditions
- Thalidomide used for development of unborn babies
- Thalidomide
- Nerves
- The nervous system
enables us to react
to our surroundings.
It consists mainly of
the brain, the spinal
chord, nerve cells
("neurones" and
receptors.
- A reflex is a movement in response to a stimulus.
- Astimulus is something that causes a reaction.
- An injury is when you get hurt or harmed in any way
- The nervous system is a
network of nerves that flow
around your body and allow
you to respond to stimuli
around you.
- Effector - a
part of the
body that
produces a
response
following a
stimulus
- Receptor - recieves the pain signal
- Relay - passes the message
- Sensory neurone -
- Motor neurone - neurone that connects the muscle to
the spine
- The connection of two neurones is called a synapse
- The nervous system
enables us to react
to our surroundings.
It consists mainly of
the brain, the spinal
chord, nerve cells
("neurones" and
receptors.
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