Gonads

Group participants:
Valery Alejandra Pérez Parra.
Juan David Aparicio
Juliana León Briceño
 01 introduction

02 characteristics

03 functions

Topics processes:
04 (regulation)

05 hormones
 Gonads are the main reproductive
organs male female
both male and female,produce
steroid hormones with the help of
Introduction the cortex of the adrenal glands
the testicles the ovaries

They produce sex hormones

responsible for the production of
necessary for the growth and
male and female gametes through
development of body structures.
the sexual system.

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 characteristics
Number one number two number three number four
They are part of the
They are part of two region sexual
systems: the
Reproductive System, Gametes produced,
discharge secretions to the
are haploid germ cromosome
reproductive and outside through ducts and, in
(Y and x)
the endocrine addition, produce hormones
that discharge into the blood.

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 Testiicles
The testicles have two functions:
vs ovaries
located in the female abdominopelvic cavity,
one reproductive and the other which in addition to producing the ovum also
endocrine produce estrogens and progesterone.
They contain the seminiferous Estrogens acting during puberty; acting in
tubules, where spermatogenesis or the conjunction with progesterone, they promote breast
formation of male sex cells takes place. development and the menstrual cycle.
produce eggs, or eggs, and also secrete a group of
spermatozoon gamete hormones called estrogens

hormones Androgens hormones

Testosterone The major hormones of the ovaries
Androstenedione - These are the are progesterone and estrogens.
hormones that act as a
precursor to estrogens and Estrogens -
testosterone. Progesterone
Inhibin - These hormones
inhibit the release of FSH and
thought to be involved in sperm
cell regulation and
development.
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1. The hormones that stimulate the gonads to produce sex
2. hormones. The pituitary secretes gonadotropins, luteinizing
hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH).
3. protein hormones influence the reproductive organs,
4. LH stimulates the testes to secrete the sex hormone
testosterone and the ovaries to secrete progesterone and
estrogens.
5. FSH helps in the maturation of ovarian follicles (sacs that
contain eggs) in females and in the production of sperm in
males.

Gonadal hormones are regulated by hormones

secreted by the pituitary gland in the brain.
Hormones that are responsible for stimulating the
gonads to produce sex hormones are called
gonadotropins

The pituitary hormones

influence reproductive organs in many ways.
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 functions

Secrete sex hormones.

Produce gametes.

Facilitates cell division, especially meiosis.

Indirectly responsible for controlling the maturation of reproductive organs.

Responsible for the development of secondary sex characteristics in male and

female.
Endocrine and exocrine glands

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regulation
gonadotropin-releasing hormone
(GnRH):secreted by hypothalamus and
transported to anterior pituitary gland
Follicle -stimulating hormone: enlargement
of follicles ,ovulation ,secretion of estrogen.
Luteinizing horme(LH):ovulation, release of
estrogens and progesterone.
gonad: a sex organ that produces gametes;
specifically, a testicle or ovary
inhibin: a peptide hormone, secreted by the
gonads, which inhibits the secretion of
follicle-stimulating hormone
prolactin: a peptide gonadotrophic hormone
secreted by the pituitary gland; it stimulates
growth of the mammary glands and lactation
in females
androgen: the generic term for any natural or
synthetic compound, usually a steroid
hormone, that stimulates or controls the
development and maintenance of masculine
characteristics in vertebrates.

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