Give the functions of the following hormones, and name the organ that secretes each hormone: Estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone. What is the major hormone of the proliferative phase that signals uterine development and also secondary sex characteristics?
This study, the first to compare brain, torso and pelvis in a relatively large group of the same subjects, also resulted in the rather surprising observation that the brain of men has the highest estrogen synthesizing capacity in the male body; and the only peripheral organ with similar capacit...
secretory substance carried from one gland or organ of the body via the bloodstream to more or less specific tissues, where it exerts some influence upon the metabolism of the target tissue... Click the link for more information. synthesized by the reproductive organs and adrenal glandsadrenal...
Identify the endocrine organ from the following hormones it secretes: Thyroid-stimulating hormone and growth hormoneWhat is the hormone prduced by anterior pituitary that stimulates testosterone secretion by Leydig cells?Which of the...
The major sources of estrogens are theovariesand theplacenta(the temporaryorganthat serves to nourish thefetusand remove its wastes); additional small amounts are secreted by theadrenal glandsand by the maletestes. It is believed that theeggfollicle (the saclike structure that holds the immature...