Gonads: A pair of glands (ovaries or testes) which manufacture sex hormones (estrogen, progesterone and testosterone) and produce germ cells (eggs or sperm).7 ...
Gonads -- The glands that make reproductive cells and "sex" hormones: the testicles, which make sperm and testosterone, and the ovaries, which make eggs (ova) and estrogen.
Gonads -- Glands that make the gametes (testicles and ovaries)
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Hypogonadism -- Inadequate ovarian or testicular function ...
GONADS - The gender-neutral term for the ovaries and testicles.
GYNECOLOGIST - A physician whose specialty is health care for women, especially the treatment of the female reproductive organs.
Gonads
organs that produce the sex cells and sex hormones; testicles in men and ovaries in women ...
A pair of gonads (sex glands) which produce key female hormones and eggs, and are found on either side of the uterus.
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follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) - the hormone produced and released by the hypothalamus that controls the pituitary gland's production and release of gonadotropins Gonads ...
INHIBIN- A hormone made in the gonads to regulate FSH production by the pituitary gland for both men and women.
The pulsatile GnRH enables the pituitary gland to secrete LH and FSH, which stimulate the gonads. See also FSH; LH; Ovary; Pituitary Gland; Testicle.
Laparoscopy of sister 1 revealed bilateral elongated gonads and remnants of uterine tissue. Laparoscopy of sister 2 demonstrated both gonads, but no uterus was identified. INTERVENTION(S): Sister 1: bilateral gonadectomy and hysterectomy.
Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism/Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadal (HH): Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (HH) is a rare condition in which impaired activity of the hypothalamus or pituitary results in below-normal function of the gonads and in abnormally ...
Pure gonadal dysgenesis - a female child who has a 46, XY karyotype, underdeveloped gonads, internal female reproductive organs and female external genitalia.
The testicles (also called testes or gonads) are the male sex glands. They are located behind the penis in a pouch of skin called the scrotum.
Luteinizing Hormone - a pituitary hormone that stimulates the gonads. In the man LH is necessary for spermatogenesis (Sertoli cell function) and for the production of testosterone (Leydig cell function).
A pituitary hormone that stimulates the gonads. In the man LH is necessary for spermatogenesis (Sertoli cell function) and for the production of testosterone (Leydig cell function). In the woman LH is necessary for the production of oestrogen.
Gonad - A sexual gland. In males, the testicles are gonads. In females, the ovaries are gonads.
Gonadal Dysgenesis - Defective or deficient development of the ovaries or testes.
Gonads have become testes (for boys) or ovaries (for girls). Baby will move away if touched through the uterine wall, and can spontaneously move as well. Ossification (hardening) of the bones may begin.
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Apart from the process described above, the hormone ß-hCG will also stimulate the fetal gonads to develop.
It also stimulates the production of testosterone in the fetal testes.
Human chorionic gonadotropin: (hCG) A human hormone made by chorionic cells in the fetal part of the placenta . Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is directed at the gonads and stimulates them. Hence, the name "gonadotropin." ...
These include the gonads, which secrete sex hormones; the pancreas which secretes insulin and is intimately tied up with diabetes mellitus; and sometimes the parathyroid glands.
Lungs keep maturing and branching of tubes from throat to the lungs starts, though the process isn’t complete at this stage.
This week the baby’s gonads become testes or ovaries.
Eyelids begin to form, and the tongue begins developing.
By the time HCG drops at the beginning of the second trimester, the placenta can make sufficient progesterone to maintain the endometrium (uterine lining). HCG also stimulates the development of fetal gonads and the synthesis of androgens (male ...
 See also: Pregnancy, Hormone, Uterus, Ovaries, Tissue
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