The term "hormone" comes from the Greek word "hormao" which means "excite" or "send". Hormones are endogenous substances *. These are chemical messengers that transmit information between cells and organs. When they reached their target, they regulate the metabolism process *.
It means by sex hormones hormones responsible for the maturation and training sexual characteristics of male and female, and regulate the function of reproduction. The sex hormones are produced primarily by genital glands - among women in the ovaries in humans in the testicles. They reach their target organs via the bloodstream. The female hormones are estrogens and progesterone in male hormones, androgens.
At the time of menopause, the ovaries stop functioning. A hormonal deficiency is established and is responsible for the outbreak of unrest characteristics of the "menopause", and in the longer term of certain diseases.
* Endogenous: secreted by the human body
* Metabolism: all the chemical changes that occur in the body, designed to provide for its energy needs, training, maintenance, repair tissue, in the development of certain substances
Monday, April 21, 2008
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