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Keywords: Fsh, Pituitary, Follicle, Ova, Ovaries

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hormones released by the pituitary gland that act on the gonads (ovaries in the female, testes in the male) to promote production of sex hormones and either eggs or sperm

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substances stimulating the gonads that arises from the anterior pituitary or the placenta (chorionic).

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glycoproteins released by the pituitary gland or the placenta. Gonadotrophins have various effects on the ovaries and testes, including an increase in the weight of the ovaries and the growth of Graafian follicles, which contain the eggs, and, in males, the release of testosterone from the testes.

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Drugs used to stimulate the ovaries similar in composition to natural follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) produced in pituitary gland.

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A collective term for follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and lutenising hormone (LH).

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The hormones which stimulate the function of the gonads (the ovaries and testes). They control the secretion of testosterone and the production of sperm in the male and the secretion of oestrogen and progesterone and the production of ova in the female.

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the hormones (LH and FSH) released from the pituitary gland which stimulate the ovaries to produce follicles and undergo the process of ovulation

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The hormones excreted by the pituitary gland which facilitate production of ova (in the female) and sperm (in the male). The main gonadotrophins are Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinising hormone (LH).

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