a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates the cells in male mammals that form sperm
hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women; believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis
rousing or quickening activity or the senses
that stimulates
making lively and cheerful
any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity
the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
