... and adolescence. Prolactin stimulates the mammary glands of the breast, to promote and sustain milk production. Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) encourages the production of eggs in women and sperm in men, whilst the luteinizing hormone motivates the release of the eggs and the creation of progesterone in women, and the emission of testosterone in men. The thyroid is generated into hormone production by the thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) in the pituitary gland, whereas the adrenal gland is prompted into action by the adrenocorticotrophic hormone. The posterior lobe of the pituitary contains oxytocin and antidiuretic hormones, formed in the hypothalamus, and transported to the pituitary within nerve fibres. Oxytocin encourages the contraction of the smooth muscle cells in the uterus and around the milk glands in the breasts. Anti diuretic hormone (vasopressin) endorses the re-absorption of water from the urine in the kidney, consequently controlling the salt levels in the blood. Female Sex Hormones Most ...

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