SHRI RATANLAL KANWARLAL PATNI GIRL’S COLLEGE.

ENDOCRINE GLANDS.
“GONADS.”

NAME: AASTHA ARYA.

CLASS: B.SC. II- YEAR.
 ENDOCRINE GLANDS.
DEFINITION: ENDOCRINE GLANDS ARE DUCTLESS GLANDS OF
THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM THAT SECRETES PRODUCTS,
HORMONES, DIRECTLY INTO THE BLOOD.

PITUITARY GLAND. ENDOCRINE SYSTEM PARATHYROID GLAND.

(ENDOCRINE GLANDS) THYMUS GLAND.

PINEAL GLAND.

ADRENAL GLAND.

THYROID GLAND. TESTIS. OVARY. PANCREASE.

GONADS.
THE GLANDS THAT PRODUCE HORMONES, THAT ARE
INVOLVED IN REPRODUCTION & OTHER FUCTIONS OF
THE BODY.
GONADS

FEMALE GONAD MALE GONAD

(OVARY.) (TESTIS.)
TESTIS.
STRUCTURE OF TESTIS:
POSITION: A PAIR OF TESTIS IN THE
SCROTAL SAC( OUTSIDE ABDOMEN). STRUCTURE OF TESTIS.
COMPOSITION: TESTIS IS COMPOSED OF
SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES AND INTERSTITIAL TISSUE.
FUNCTION: TESTIS PERFORMS DUAL FUNCTIONS AS A
PRIMARY SEX ORGAN AS WELL AS AN ENDOCRINE
GLAND.
TESTIS HORMONE (ANDROGENS).
 THE LEYDIG CELLS PRODUCE ANDROGENS MAINLY
TESTOSTERONE.
 ANDROGENS REGULATE THE DEVELOPMENT,
MATURATION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE MALE
ACCESSORY SEX ORGANS.
 IT PLAY A MAJOR STIMULATORY ROLE IN THE
PROCESS OF SPERMATOGENESIS.
 IT ACT ON THE CENTRAL NEURAL SYSTEM AND
INFLUENCE MALE SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR( LIBIDO.)
OVARY.
STRUCTURE OF OVARY:
POSITION: A PAIR OF OVARIES ARE
LOCATED IN ABDOMEN.
COMPOSITION: OVARY IS COMPOSED
OF OVARIAN FOLLICLES AND STROMAL TISSUES.
FUNCTION: OVARY IS THE PRIMARY FEMALE SEX ORGAN
WHICH PRODUCES ONE OVUM DURING EACH MENSTRUAL
CYCLE.
 IT PRODUCES TWO GROUPS OF STEROID HORMONES CALLED
ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE.
OVARIAN HORMONES ( ESTROGEN & PROGESTERONE.)

 THE ESTROGEN IS SYNTHESISED & SECRETED BY

OVARIAN FOLLICLES.
 IT STIMULATES GROWTH & ACTIVITIES OF FEMALE
SECONDARY SEX ORGANS.
 IT ALSO REGULATES FEMALE SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR.
 THE PROGESTERONE IS SECRETED BY CORPUS
LUTEUM.
 IT SUPPORTS PREGNANCY.
 IT ALSO ACTS ON MAMMARY GLANDS.
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