HORMONES & MENSTRUAL CYCLE
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Testosterone
It regulates the development of the male sex organs while still an embryo. It also controls sex drive and secondary sex characteristics at puberty.
Estrogen
It controls sex drive and regulates the development of female secondary sex characteristics at puberty.
Progesterone
It controls the development of the endometrium (mucus membrane lining the womb) during the menstrual cycle and the maintenance of the uterus during pregnancy.
Prolactin
Stimulates the production of milk in the mammary glands
Luteinizing Hormone
In females, it stimulates ovulation, maturation of egg cells, and progesterone production;whereas in males, it stimulates sperm and testosterone production
Follicle-stimulating Hormone
In females, it stimulates the maturation of egg cells in the ovary hormone (FSH) and estrogen production; whereas in males, it stimulates sperm production
Menstruation
Is the monthly shedding of endometrium
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