| OESTROGEN | Steroid hormone secreted chiefly by the ovaries and placenta |
| HYDROCORTISONE | Steroid hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex, used in synthesised form as a treatment for rheumatism, allergies, inflammation etc. (14) |
| SPAY | Remove the ovaries and uterus of (a female animal) (4) |
| AZOV | The Sea of ... is a shallow arm of the Black Sea fed chiefly by the River Don (4) |
| LUCERNE | Lake in Switzerland fed and drained chiefly by the River Reuss (7) |
| SEAOFAZOV | Arm of the Black Sea fed chiefly by the River Don |
| UMBILICALCORD | Link between baby and placenta while in the womb (9,4) |
| LAKELUCERNE | Body of water in central Switzerland, fed and drained chiefly by the Reuss river (4,7) |
| LAKECHAD | Body of water in Africa fed chiefly by the Shari River |
| OVULATE | In mammals, the release of eggs from the ovaries (7) |
| UMBILICAL | Cord connecting foetus and placenta (9) |
| FALLOPIO | Gabriello ___, Italian anatomist who first described a pair of slender tubes through which ova pass from the ovaries to the uterus |
| FALLOPIAN | ____ tubes, ducts that connect the ovaries to the uterus named after an Italian anatomist (9) |
| FIMBRIA | Finger-like projection that helps sweep eggs from the ovaries to the fallopian tubes |
| NEUTER | Removes the ovaries of an animal (6) |
| ADH | Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus. |
| SECRETIN | Hormone secreted by the duodenum, that stimulates the liver and pancreas (8) |
| SPAYED | Having the ovaries removed |
| CORTISONE | Steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex, used in synthetic form to treat conditions such as arthritis and rheumatism (9) |
| INSULIN | A protein hormone, secreted in the pancreas by the islets of Langerhans |
