Reproductive Hormones

• Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone stimulates the pituitary releasing gland to release Follicle Stimulating Hormone.
• estrogen hormones that is responsible for the female sex characteristics..
• progesterone directly contributes to the thickening of the uterine lining.
• the synthesis of testosterone take place in the testes.
• What is the function of the Gonadotropin Releasing Hormones?

  stimulates the pituitary gland to release FSH and LH
• hormones that are secreted by pituitary gland are follicle stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone.
• the follicle stimulating hormone stimulates the synthesis of sex steroid hormones and stimulates the ovaries and testes to begin producing of egg cells and sperm cells.
• Luteinizing Hormone aids the FSH to hasten the maturity of egg cells and sperm cells producing more estrogen and testosterone
• What hormones are secreted by the testes\adrenal gland and the ovaries?

  Testosterone, estrogen, and progesterone
• The three sex steroid hormones?

  estrogen, progesterone and testosterone.
• Testosterone facilitates the development of male primary and secondary sex characteristics and enlargement of testicles due to the increased production and maturity of sperm cells. Maintains healthy reproductive tissues for females
• Gonadotropin is secret by...

  Hypothalamus
• Estrogen is secreted by

  ovaries and adrenal gland
• Stimulates the maturity of egg cells, responsible for the primary and secondary female sex characteristics, thickens the uterine lining during ovulation.

  Estrogen
• Aides in the maturity of sperm cells.

  Estrogen
• Progesterone is secreted by

  ovaries and testes
• aids estrogen in the thickening of the uterine lining and stimulates the production of testosterone.

  Progesterone