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Follicle-stimulating hormone, or FSH, stimulates the ovaries. The hormone triggers the growth of immature ovarian follicles, which eventually culminates in the release of a mature egg.

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What stimulates the development of eggs in the ovary and the sperm in the testes?

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How do you use ovary in a sentence?

The ovary produces eggs in females.


What does FSH cause?

It causes an egg to mature in the ovary and stimulates the production of oestrogen.


What anterior pituitary hormone stimulates the testis and ovary to produce and produce sperm and eggs respectively?

Follicle stimulating hormone stimulates the gonads to produce gametes. It is sometimes abbreviated FSH.


What does produce eggs and release females sex hormones?

The ovary. Women are born with all the eggs they will ever have. The ovary stores them and at intervals will stimulate and egg to develop.


What hormone stimulates the development of a follicle in the ovary?

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What is the female organs where eggs are produced?

It is called the Ovary. The function of the ovary is to produce the ova.


What does the anterior pituitary gland release about the time of ovulation?

The anterior pituitary gland releases luteinizing hormone (LH) about the time of ovulation. LH surge triggers the release of mature eggs from the ovary and stimulates the production of progesterone in the ovary.


What does gametogenesis in females do?

Gametogenesis in females is called oogenesis and is the development of unfertilised eggs called ova


What does the ovary do in chickens?

As always, the ovary makes eggs.


When an ovary is removed does that mean the eggs that are contained in the ovary are lost also?

Yes, when an ovary is removed, the eggs contained in that ovary are also removed and no longer available for reproduction.


What Plural form of ovary?

The plural form of "ovary" is "ovaries." This term refers to the two reproductive organs in females that produce eggs and hormones. In various biological contexts, "ovaries" can also refer to the ovaries of different species.