Hormones in human reproduction

Testosterone

• causes secondary sex characteristics in men

• formed in testes

• stimulates sperm production

Oestrogen

• causes secondary sex characteristics in women

• formed in ovaries

• stimulates production of eggs

FSH
causes egg to mature in egg

LH
stimulates release of the egg at ovulation

Progesterone
with oestrogen, involved in maintaining the uterus lining