Question

What hormone is secreted by the ovaries?

Answer 1

Hormone:

1. The chemical substances secreted from various parts of the body transfer messages to cells in different parts of the human body.
2. These chemical messages allow the body to regulate various cell processes such as sleep, growth, blood glucose level, sexual reproduction, and controlling stress.

Hormones secreted by ovary:

1. Ovary secretes two hormones: estrogen and progesterone.
2. Estrogen and progesterone are steroid hormones.
3. Estrogen is secreted by growing follicles.
4. Estrogen regulates the development of growing follicles and secondary sexual characteristics.
5. Progesterone is secreted by the corpus luteum in the ovaries.
6. Progesterone is required for maintaining the endometrium during implantation and pregnancy.
7. Progesterone stimulates the formation of alveoli for milk storage in mammary glands and milk secretion.