PATHOLOGY MCQ
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
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Question
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A girl’s gonads, they are located in her pelvis. They produce eggs and secrete the female hormones estrogen
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ovaries
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testes
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eggs
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scrotum
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A girl’s gonads, the ovaries (OH-vuh-reez), are in her pelvis. They make eggs and secrete the female hormones estrogen (ESS-truh-jen) and progesterone (pro-JESS-tuh-rone). Estrogen is involved when a girl starts puberty.
Detailed explanation-2: -Generating Eggs: Ovaries Are the Female Gonads They produce oocytes (egg cells), as well as estrogen, progesterone, and other hormones.
Detailed explanation-3: -The ovary and the testis, like the adrenal gland, secrete cholesterol-derived steroid hormones under the control of the secretions of the hypothalamo-pituitary axis. The two major functions of the gonads in the adult are steroid hormone production and gametogenesis.
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