Question

You are a student nurse practitioner doing your family practice clerkship. On this day you meet a 12-year-old female, whose parents have brought her in to see you. You observe this young lady has developed facial hair above her lip, and when she introduces herself, her voice seems deep for a 12-year-old girl. She is excited to tell you she is a gymnast and hopes to compete nationally next summer.During your discussion with the parents, you discover that the girl first started developing excess pubic hair at age 7. The parents also inform you she has lost a lot of weight over the last year, which you confirm with her chart notes. Understanding that the endocrine system utilizes feedback loops to maintain homeostasis of hormones levels and the effect on the hormones on the body fill out the following feedback loops (pages 2 and 3). Follow the number sequence in the loop. Feedback Loop 1 (for female hormones from gonads)

1. what is the master controller for the endocrine system?

2. what is the master gland of the endocrine system

3. what is the female gonad (Sex gland)

4. what hormone is released?

5. what two hormones are released

6. what hormones are produced?

Answer 1

ANSWER :

The components of endocrine system which utilize feedback loops to maintain homeostasis in hormones levels and the effect of the hormones on the body of female reproductive system :-

1. The master controller for the endocrine system --- hypothalamus

2. The master gland of the endocrine system --- pituitary gland

3. The female gonad (Sex gland) --- ovary

4. The hormone is released from the hypothalamus --- gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH)

5. Two hormones are released from the anterior pituitary --- FSH and LH

6. The hormones are produced by female gonadal organ --- progesterone and estrogen