1 / 4

FSH: Follicle-stimulating hormone

FSH: Follicle-stimulating hormone. By Emma dixon & Leah Geck. Type, Gland, and Function. Type: Heterodimeric glycoprotein Gland: The Anterior lobe of pituitary Function: -Females: Stimulates estrogen; allows eggs to mature.

orlando-park
Download Presentation

FSH: Follicle-stimulating hormone

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. FSH: Follicle-stimulating hormone By Emma dixon & Leah Geck

  2. Type, Gland, and Function • Type: Heterodimeric glycoprotein • Gland: The Anterior lobe of pituitary • Function: -Females: Stimulates estrogen; allows eggs to mature. -In males: Stimulates testosterone; the production of sperm. FemaleMale

  3. Is control – or +? Positive Male: GnRH Female: GnRH Negative Male: Androgen Female: Estrogen, & Progesterone

  4. Hypo & Hyper Hyper • effects the number of chromosomes • Klinefelter syndrome. Hypo • Can effect your sense of smell • Level of circulating sex related hormones goes down. • Kallmann syndrome. • Non-completion of puberty.

More Related