Hormone Table | Testes & Ovaries

Testes Hormones

Sustentacular: Inhibin

Interstitial cells: Androgens

Sustentacular: Inhibin | Stimulated by

FSH

Sustentacular: Inhibin | Target/Effect

Anterior pituitary Negative feedback

Interstitial cells: Androgens | Stimulated by

LH

Interstitial cells: Androgens | Target/Effect

Negative feedback

• Sexual maturation

• convert to estrogens

• secondary sex characteristics

• Bone density

Ovaries Hormones

Granulosa cells of follicle

• Inhibin, Estrogens

Thecal cells of corpus luteum

• Estrogens, Progesterones

Granulosa cells of follicle: Inhibin, Estrogens | Stimulated by

FSH

Granulosa cells of follicle: Inhibin, Estrogens | Target/Effect

Negative feedback on Anterior Pituitary (Inhibin)

Positive feedback on Anterior Pituitary to release LH

E → ↑ FSHR in follicle (follicle-stimulating hormone receptor)

Thecal cells of corpus luteum: Estrogen, Progesterone | Stimulated by

LH, PRL

Thecal cells of corpus luteum: Estrogen, Progesterone | Target/Effect

E is permissive to P

P: Negative feedback

Endometrium unopposed E: ↑ Mitosis

E+P: Halt Mitosis x

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