any of a class of steroid hormones that regulate the growth and function of the reproductive organs or stimulate the development of the secondary sexual characteristics. [1935–40] Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Rand...
Many of the steroid hormones influence skeletal growth, development, and ageing; sex steroids in addition regulate the development of osseous structures representing secondary sex characters, such as horns and antlers. In birds, these steroids also control skeletal changes that are incidental to egg-...
Your gender, however, will influence hormone amounts, production sites, and their roles within the body. This is why sex hormones are commonly referred to as “female hormones” or “male hormones”. Female hormones The female hormones that play a key role in the major life stages include ...
Sex hormones are important for bone growth. However, the mechanism by which sex hormone receptors influence bone growth remains unclear. In orthodontic treatment, there is a need to develop an indicator of bone maturity to accurately predict the beginning and end of growth. This indicator might be...
The female voice evolves from childhood to menopause under varying influence of estrogens, progesterone, and testosterone. It is known that androgens, such as testosterone play a decisive role in the development of the postpubertal male voice.2 The maturation of the human voice as a function of ...
Hormones are a class of signaling molecules that exist in all multi-cell organisms and, in humans, include commonly-known examples like melatonin, testosterone, and cortisol. They influence the health and functioning of the body and brain in a wide variety of ways; on a psychological level, ...
Hormones That Influence Osteoblasts and/or Maintain the Matrix Several hormones are necessary for controlling bone growth and maintaining the bone matrix. The pituitary gland secretes growth hormone (GH), which, as its name implies, controls bone growth in several ways. It triggers chondrocyte pr...
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Alterations of one hormone in the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis influence other bone-active hormones in the entire feedback loop in the axis. Thus, we propose that the action of the HPG axis should be extended to include its combined effects on the skeleton, thus creating the HPG...
Many of the steroid hormones influence skeletal growth, development, and ageing; sex steroids in addition regulate the development of osseous structures re... MS Ardawi,M Qari,A Rouzi,... 被引量: 0发表: 2011年 Steroid Hormones and Bone**This chapter was revised from the first edition by ...