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How do the pituitary hormones affect the function of the testes?
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∙ 9y ago
They have absolute control over the testes. The pituitary releases gonadotropines called follicule stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) which binds cell membrane receptors in the testes cells which then stimulates the production of testosterone. It also stimulates cell division (meiosis) in the testes for production of spermatozoa.
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What are the parts of the glands?
The pituitary gland has two parts. The anterior (or front) pituitary produces hormones that affect the breasts, adrenals, thyroid, ovaries and testes, as well as several other hormones. The main glands affected by the posterior (or rear) pituitary are the kidneys.
Which two pituitary hormones act on the ovaries and testes?
estrogen & testosterone
What is the function of Pituitary gland?
The pituitary gland is a gland at the base of the brain that sends signals to other glands and organs. Like the thyroid gland, adrenal glands, ovaries and testes. It directs them to produce certain hormones. A pea sized structure attached to the hypothalamus of the brain, the pituitary glands produces hormones that affect a wide range of activities, form growth to reproduction.
Male reproductive functions are controlled mainly by hormones from the hypothalamus and?
anterior pituitary gland and testes
Which function is performed by the ovaries but not by the testes?
The function that is performed by the ovaries and not the testes is the ovaries produce eggs. Both testes and ovaries produce hormones.
Which structures secrete hormones that regulate the development of secondary sex characteristics?
gonadotrophins, glucocorticoidsand growth hormones
What is the function of the testes in a fetal pig?
The function of the testes in a fetal pig is to produce sperm and hormones. These organs are contained in the scrotum.
What controls the hormones produced by the ovaries and the testes?
the pituitary gland in the brain that regulates the organ systems by secreting hormones to control other hormones. it is called the endocrine system.
What are the main glands that excrete hormones?
Its not the glands that excrete hormones, its called the glands that secrete hormones. Pituitary gland, the testes, thyroid gland pretty much the endocrine system.
What is the function of female testes?
Females do not have testes. Testes are male reproductive organs. The female equivalent of testes is ovaries, which produce eggs and female sex hormones.
Glands that produce sperm and the male sex hormone?
sperm develop in the seminiferous tubules of the testes. the testes, hypothalamus and pituitary gland control production of sperm and male hormones.
What gland initiates the growth and other physical changes of adolescence?
In the male, it is the testes. In the female, it is the ovaries. Each is stimulated by the pituitary gland in the brain. As puberty approaches, the pituitary secretes hormones, FSH and LH to stimulate the testoserone production in the testes or the estrogen production in the ovaries which bring on secondary sexual characteristics.
