REPRODUCTIVE HORMONE - A type of hormone involved in puberty, fertility, and sexuality.It is an usually made in the ovaries (in females) and testes (in males)., SEX HORMONES - Also known as sex steroids, gonadocorticoids and gonadal steroids, are steroid hormones that interact with vertebrate steroid hormone receptors., ESTRADIOL - Is an estrogen steroid hormone and the major female sex hormone., PROGESTERONE - It belongs to a group of steroid hormones called the progestogens and is the major progestogen in the body., TESTOSTERONE - Is a hormone that is responsible for many of the physical characteristics specific to adult males., FEMALE PUBERTY - First signs of breasts, called “buds,” start to form under the nipple. They may be itchy or tender or one bud may be larger than the other, which is normal., MALE PUBERTY - In _______________ usually starts around age 11. The testicles and skin around the testicles (scrotum) begin to get bigger., MENSTRUATION - Typically works on a monthly cycle. It’s the process a woman’s body goes through as it prepares for possible pregnancy. , PREGNANCY - Occurs when a sperm fertilizes an egg after it’s released from the ovary during ovulation., MENOPAUSE - Occurs when a woman hasn’t menstruated in 12 consecutive months and can no longer become pregnant naturally. It usually begins between the ages of 45 and 55, but can develop before or after this age range., ANDROGENS - Are male sex hormones that increase at puberty. You need them to develop into a sexually mature adult who can reproduce., LUTEINIZING HORMONE - Is a hormone produced by gonadotropic cells in the anterior pituitary gland., FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE - Is one of the hormones essential to pubertal development and the function of women's ovaries and men's testes., SPERMATOGENESIS - Is the process of sperm cell development., ANTI MULLERIAN HORMONE - Is a glycoprotein hormone structurally related to inhibin and activin from the transforming growth factor beta superfamily, whose key roles are in growth differentiation and folliculogenesis.,

Hormone in the Reproductive System

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