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Aim : How can hormones influence the reproductive cycle in humans?

Aim : How can hormones influence the reproductive cycle in humans?. Do Now : Reproduction Questions. HW : Have a Nice Day  Quarterly Exam Tuesday. Movie – SCIENCE Reproduction. How do hormones affect the female reproductive system? Male reproductive system?.

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Aim : How can hormones influence the reproductive cycle in humans?

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  1. Aim: How can hormones influence the reproductive cycle in humans? Do Now: Reproduction Questions HW: Have a Nice Day  Quarterly Exam Tuesday

  2. Movie – SCIENCE Reproduction How do hormones affect the female reproductive system? Male reproductive system?

  3. How do male sex hormones influence reproduction? • Testosterone • Made by testes • Secondary sex characteristic • Development of sperm.

  4. How do female sex hormones influence reproduction? • Estrogen & Progesterone • Made by ovaries • Begin to menstruate (get their period). • Can now become pregnant!!!!

  5. How does the female body prepare for pregnancy? • An egg is produced by the ovary & the lining of the uterus thickens to receive the embryo. • Why does the lining thicken?

  6. Follicle Phase • Ovulation • Corpus Luteum Phase • Menstruation Activity - Menstrual Cycle

  7. Follicle Stage • Egg matures inside a follicle (ovary) • Lining of uterus begins to thicken • 10-14 days

  8. Ovulation • Release of mature egg into the oviduct (This is when a women can get pregnant) • Around day 14

  9. Corpus Luteum phase • Broken follicle (the shell that contained the egg) is now a corpus luteum • The uterine lining begins to thicken • 10-14 days

  10. MENSTRUATION • Occurs if there is NO fertilization • Hormones decrease • A woman gets rid of the old uterine lining & the unfertilized egg (if the egg is NOT fertilized) • 3-7 days

  11. Hormones & the menstrual cycle ovulation • Which hormone peak before ovulation? • Which hormone peaks after ovulation? http://www.msnbc.com/news/wld/graphics/menstrual_cycle_dw.htm

  12. Who am I? An Adolescent Going Through Puberty How does your body change while going through this process? Our bodies change. You grow taller & bigger. Our sexual organs mature. Hair appears where there was no hair before. You may begin to feel attracted to another individual.

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