Psychology 2075 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Sex Steroid, Follicular Phase, Luteinizing Hormone

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: Corey Isaacs

Document Summary

Androgens: the group of male sex hormones, one of which is testosterone. Estrogens: the group of female sex hormones: estrogen is also responsible for maintaining the mucous membranes of the vagina and stopping the growth of bone and muscle. Progesterone: a female sex hormone secreted by the ovaries. Follicle-stimulating hormone (fsh): hormone secreted by the pituitary; it stimulates follicle development in females and sperm production in males. Luteinizing hormone (lh): a hormone secreted by the pituitary; it regulates estrogen secretion and ovum development in the female and testosterone production in the male. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (gnrh): a hormone secreted by the hypothalamus that regulates the pituitary"s secretion of gonad-stimulating hormones. Hpg axis: hypothalamus-pituitary gonad axis, the negative feedback loop that regulates sex hormone production: operates much like a thermostat-furnace system. Inhibin: is another hormone produced in the testes cells called the sertoli cells.