Nutrition Through the Life Cycle (MindTap Course List)
Nutrition Through the Life Cycle (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305628007
Author: Judith E. Brown
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 2, Problem 3RQ
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To examine: Whether the statement “Estrogen is produced by fat cells, the pituitary gland, and the testes” is true or false.

Introduction: Reproductive system (or genital system) is involved in sexual reproduction. The male and female reproductive systems’ function is to propagate the species. Gestation or pregnancy is the period during which offspring develops within the uterus of a sexually mature woman. The hormones that are present in the largest concentration just before ovulation are luteinizing hormone (LH) and estrogen.

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