Biology GCSE
Feedback control
What Feedback control means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Where feedback inhibits or stimulates secretion, such as progesterone inhibiting FSH and LH and high oestrogen stimulating LH.
The hormones interact through feedback, so changes in one hormone affect the release of others.
Topics that use Feedback control
- Hormones in human reproduction (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Cause and effect
- corpus luteum
- Cycle regulation
- data interpretation
- Follicle stimulating hormone
- Graph skills
- Hormonal coordination
- Hormone concentration changes
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