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| Puberty | The period which adolescents reach sexual maturity and become capable of reproduction. |
| Adrenal Glands | Produce three groups of hormones; mineralocorticoids, glucocorticoids and sex hormones |
| Hormones | chemicals, produced by glands, that tell your body when and how to function. |
| Gonads | Ovary and Testes |
| Pituitary Gland | Located in the bottom of your brain, there is a gland that makes many of the most important hormones in your body |
| LH Females | In women it stimulates the ovaries which causes ovulation |
| LH Males | triggers testes to make testosterone |
| Ovary | releases estrogen |
| Estrogen | Female sex hormone |
| Testosterone | Male sex hormone |
| FSH Males | stimulates sperm production |
| FSH Females | stimulates the growth of ovarian follicles |
| Glands and Hormones | The endocrine system is composed of _ that secrete _ throughout the body. |
| Adrenal gland | produces testosterone in females |
| Pituitary gland | Master Gland |
| Ova | females sex cell |
| sperm | male sex cell |
| Secondary Sex characteristics | Physical changes that occur in boys and girls during puberty |
| estrogen in males | converted by excess testosterone in male |
| Gonadotropins | secreted by the pituitary gland |
| Gonadotropins | Initiate and maintain sexual functions |
| Luteinizing Hormone | LH |
| follicle stimulating hormone | FSH |
