Hormones and Glands Involved During Puberty Video Lecture - Class 8

testosterone estrogen and progesterone
hormones as you have learned the
previous lesson are chemical messengers
secreted by glands and have specific
target organs in this lesson you'll
learn about hormones that stimulate
changes to your body during puberty
puberty is the timeframe when secondary
sexual characteristics develop in other
words when a boy matures physically to a
man and a girl to a woman in males your
testes secrete a hormone called
testosterone also known as the male
hormone testosterone stimulates a wide
variety of physiological changes
including increased body hair especially
when you're facing in your arm is more
muscle mass and your voice deepening as
well testosterone also stimulates sperm
cell production in your testes in
females the hormone responsible for
physical changes during puberty is
estrogen it is secreted by your ovaries
and is responsible for some body hair
growth widening of the hips and
development of breasts estrogen also
plays an important role in regulating
the menstrual cycle as described in more
detail in another lesson
it thickens the uterus lining in
anticipation of ovulation which is the
release of an mature egg from an ovary
in addition estrogen stimulates the
pituitary glands secrete the luteinizing
hormone which is directly responsible
for ovulation progesterone is a novel
hormone secreted by your ovaries and
works to maintain the uterus lining
thickened by estrogen this continues to
occur even during pregnancy so to
support the growing fetus
in conclusion the development of
secondary sexual characteristics during
puberty is stimulated by testosterone in
males and Eastridge in females estrogen
and progesterone are important hormones
in regulating the menstrual cycle in
females