BIOMOLECULES AND ENZYMES

BIOLOGY

HORMONES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Estrogen from the ovaries is secreted due to a ____ stimulus.
A
Hormonal
B
Humoral
C
Neural
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The stimulation for secretion of estrogen comes from the Luteinizing hormone (LH) from anterior pituitary gland. The estrogen is synthesized in the theca interna cells in the ovary.

Detailed explanation-2: -GnRH stimulates the pituitary gland to produce follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), the hormone responsible for starting follicle (egg) development and causing the level of estrogen, the primary female hormone, to rise.

Detailed explanation-3: -Luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone, which are produced by the pituitary gland, promote ovulation and stimulate the ovaries to produce estrogen and progesterone.

Detailed explanation-4: -Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) controls secretion of oestrogen hormone. FSH regulates the development, growth, pubertal maturation and reproductive processes of the body.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.

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