ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -What is estrogen? Estrogens are a group of hormones that play an important role in the normal sexual and reproductive development in women. They are also sex hormones. The woman’s ovaries make most estrogen hormones, although the adrenal glands and fat cells also make small amounts of the hormones.

Detailed explanation-2: -Estradiol (E2) is the primary form of estrogen in your body during your reproductive years. It’s the most potent form of estrogen.

Detailed explanation-3: -Reproductive hormones are usually made in the ovaries (in females) and testes (in males). Female reproductive hormones include estrogen and progesterone. They help develop and maintain female sex characteristics and play an important role in fertility, pregnancy, and the menstrual cycle.

Detailed explanation-4: -There are three major forms of physiological estrogens in females: estrone (E1), estradiol (E2, or 17-estradiol), and estriol (E3).

Detailed explanation-5: -Estrone (E1): Estrone is made in the ovaries. Estradiol (E2): Like E1, estradiol is made in the ovaries. Estriol (E3): Estriol is present in small amounts in premenopausal women. More items