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The Growth Hormone and Its Importance

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......... secreted by anterior pituitary stimulates sperm maturation in testes.

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The FSH [Follicle Stimulating Harmone] is synthesised and secreted by the gonadotropic cells of the anterior pituitary gland and regulates the development, growth, pubertal maturation and reproductive processes of the body by acting on the Sertoli cells of the testis.

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