Hormones
This bodily fluid transports oxygen, nutrients, hormones, and waste products throughout the body.
What is blood?
Method of contraception is worn during intercourse to help prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.
What is condom?
Process involves the release of an egg from the ovary, usually occurring around day 14 of a typical 28-day cycle.
What is ovulation?
This simple sugar is the main source of energy for your body’s cells.
What is glucose?
This red and white leaf is the national symbol featured prominently on Canada’s flag.
What is the maple leaf?
Produced in the testes, this hormone plays a key role in male development.
What is testosterone?
The site where fertilization of the egg by sperm occurs.
What is Fallopian Tubes?
A drop in the levels of these two hormones triggers the start of menstruation.
What is oestrogen and progesterone?
This autoimmune condition results from the body’s inability to produce insulin, leading to elevated blood glucose levels.
What is type 1 diabetes?
Known for its CN Tower, this city is the largest in Canada by population.
What is Toronto?
This hormone increases heart rate, dilates airways, and prepares the body for rapid response in stressful situations.
What is adrenaline?
This long-acting contraceptive is a small device inserted into the uterus to prevent pregnancy for several years.
What is IUD?
Also called an ovum, this female reproductive cell is released from the ovary.
What is an egg?
When blood glucose levels rise after a meal, this hormone is secreted by the pancreas.
What is insulin?
This actor from Vancouver is known for starring as Deadpool and is one of Canada’s most famous Hollywood stars.
Who is Ryan Reynolds?
These hormone-secreting structures release chemical messengers directly into the bloodstream to regulate body functions.
What is endocrine glands?
Also known as the endometrium, this lining thickens each cycle to prepare for a potential embryo to implant and grow.
In IVF treatments, this hormone is administered to stimulate the ovaries to produce multiple mature eggs for retrieval.
What is follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)?
This hormone raises blood glucose levels by signaling the liver to release stored glucose into the bloodstream.
What is glucagon?
This iconic waterfall, shared between Canada and the United States.
What is Niagara Fall's?
This type of control mechanism helps maintain hormonal balance—like when high levels of thyroxine signal the hypothalamus and pituitary to reduce TSH secretion.
What is negative feed back loop?
Even the most effective birth control methods can fail due to this, such as forgetting to take a pill or incorrect use of a condom.
What is human error?
This hormone peaks just before ovulation, triggering the release of the egg from the ovary.
What is luteinizing hormone?
This stored form of glucose is found mainly in the liver and muscles, used when needed.
What is glycogen?
This nickname for Canada’s one-dollar coin comes from the bird featured on its reverse side.
What is a loonie?