ROLE OF HORMONES IN THE FEMALE

AND MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS

Lea ne M d le in Science
Thi d Q a e M d le Week

BRENDA P. CONTADA
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 Republic of the Philippines
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 What I Need to Know

What are these hormones involved in our reproductive system? What are the
roles of hormones in the male and female reproductive systems? In reading this
module you will be able to answer these two questions.
Specifically, this module shall help you attain the following learning objectives:
1. identify and describe the hormones involved in the male and female
reproductive system; and
2. explain the role of hormones involved in the female and male reproductive
system.

What I Know

Before proceeding with the lesson, answer the following pre-assessment.

A. Multiple Choice: Direction: Read each item carefully. Choose the letter that
corresponds to the correct answer and write it on your answer sheet.

1. This hormone is responsible for the development of the secondary sex

characteristics in female.
a. Follicle Stimulating Hormone c. Testosterone
b. Estrogen d. Luteinizing Hormone

2. Which of the following is the role of the luteinizing hormone?

a. Luteinizing hormone inhibits ovulation, uterine contractions
b. Luteinizing hormone stimulates the development of the follicle cells in
the ovary
c. Luteinizing hormone stimulates ovulation and the formation and
maintenance of the corpus luteum
d. Luteinizing hormone produce egg cell

3. Which of the following chemical substance helps in maintaining balance in our

body?
a. Food b. Hormones c. Blood d. Water

4. If testes produces testosterone while ovary produces what hormone?

a. Adrenaline c. Calcitonin
b. Estrogen d. Melatonin

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5. If testosterone is for male secondary sex characteristics; estrogen is for __.
a. Female secondary sex characteristics c. Female organ
b. Ovulation d. Spermatogenesis

6. If the male reproductive hormone includes testosterone, FSH and LH. What about
the female reproductive hormones?
a. Estrogen, melatonin, FSH and LH
b. Estrogen, adrenaline, FSH and LH
c. Estrogen, progesterone, FSH and LH
d. Estrogen, calcitonin, FSH and LH

7. Which of the following reproductive hormones are both present in male and
female reproductive hormones?
a. FSH and LH c. Thyroid and parathyroid
b. Estrogen and adrenaline d. Testosterone and oxytocin

8. Which statement does not describe hormones?

a. Hormones are chemicals secreted by the different glands
b. Hormones are present in males only.
c. Some hormones are found in both male and female
d. Hormones are secreted in small/little quantity

9. Which of the following female traits influence and support reproductive function?
a. Estrogen c. Calcitonin
b. Melatonin d. Testosterone

10. Estrogen are secreted in the women ovaries while testosterone is secreted in the
testes of _______.
a. male c. both male and female
b. female d. neither male nor female

B. True or False. Direction: Write the word TRUE if the statement is correct and
FALSE if the statement is not correct. Write your answers in your answer sheet.
_________11. Hypersecretion of testosterone in males results in the development of
larger breast, having a narrow shoulders and wider hips.
_________12. One of the roles of the hormone progesterone is to stimulate the
endometrium and inhibits ovulation.

C. Matching Type. Direction: Match the hormone to its source/role.

Hormone Source/Role

_____13. Follicle Stimulating a. Anterior Pituitary

Hormone: FSH (male) Promote secretion of testosterone

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_____14. Luteinizing Hormone b. Anterior Pituitary
(female) Promote ovulation & the formation of
the corpus luteum during the luteal
_____15. Luteinizing hormone phase of the ovarian cycle
(male)
c. Anterior Pituitary
Promote spermatogenesis

Wha I
Let s recall. The basic nit of an organism is cell. Cells working together forms tissue
and tissues working together is called organ and organs working together to perform
a certain function is called the organ system. In humans, our body is composed of
different system working together in order for us to be healthy and well. Can you
identify the different organ systems that are present in our body? To give you a clue,
humans have 11 major organ system. Figure 1 below shows the parts of the male
and female reproductive system. Study and recall the functions of each part.

Figure 1. Human Reproductive System

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 Wha Ne

Activity 1. Reproductive Hormones. Direction: Study the table below and try to
answer the questions given.
Hormone Location Function
Estrogen Follicle cells Influence female traits and support
(Ovary) reproductive function. Inhibits growth of
facial hair and initiates secondary sex
characteristics. It also causes
thickening of the endometrium

Progesterone Corpus Luteum Stimulates the endometrium and

(ovary) inhibits ovulation, uterine contractions
and firms the cervix.
Testosterone Interstitial cells Promotes and regulates the
(Testes) development of secondary sex
characteristics and stimulates
spermatogenesis.
Follicle male and female It helps control the production of sperm
Stimulating reproductive in the testes.
Hormone system
It helps stimulates development of egg
cells, called ova, which develop in
structures called follicles.
Luteinizing male and female It stimulates testosterone production
Hormone reproductive from the interstitial cells of the testes
system (Leydig cells).

It plays a role in the development of

egg cell, induction of ovulation, and
stimulation of estrogen and
progesterone production by the
ovaries.

Questions:
1. What hormones are released in female reproductive system?
2. How about in male?
3. What hormones are released in both female and male reproductive system?

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 What Is It

The endocrine system - is made up of the endocrine glands that secrets

hormones and in control of the body mechanisms. As shown in the figure 2, the
human endocrine system involves different glands, which secretes different
hormones.
Endocrine Gland is an organ that makes and
puts out hormones to do specific function or task in
our body. There are 8 major endocrine glands but we
will focus on the Gonads, the primary reproductive
organs which includes testes in male and ovaries in
female.

Hormones are chemical substances that act like

messenger in the body. They are being made in one
part of the body and travel to the other parts where
they can help on how the cells or the organs work.
Figure 2. Human Endocrine System

One example of a hormone is insulin, it is made in the pancreas, released into the
blood and it helps regulate how cells of the body use glucose (sugar).

Reproductive Hormones are responsible for sexual development and drivers of

human reproduction.

Male Hormones
Male reproductive hormones, such as, Luteinizing Hormone (LH) also enters
the testes and stimulates the interstitial cells of Leydig to make and release
testosterone into the testes and the blood.

a. Testosterone - this reproductive hormone helps develop and maintain

male sex characteristics and in the production of sperm in the testes. The
hypothalamus stimulates the release of Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) and LH
into the male system for the first time at the start of puberty.
Spermatogenesis is induced by the testosterone during puberty that is
responsible for the development of secondary sex characteristics in males. These
secondary sex characteristics include a deepening of the voice, the growth of facial,
axillary, and pubic hair, and the beginnings of the sex drive.

b. Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) - this hormone helps control the

production of sperm in the testes. This hormone stimulates testicular growth and
enhance the production of an androgen -binding protein by the Sertoli cells, which

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are a component of the testicular tubule necessary for sustaining the maturing sperm
cell.
d. Luteinizing Hormone (LH) - produced and released in the anterior
pituitary gland the Luteinizing Hormone stimulates testosterone production
from the interstitial cells of the testes (Leydig cells).

Female Hormones
Female reproductive hormones include estrogen and progesterone. In
females, the regulation of reproduction is more complex. As with the male, the
anterior pituitary hormones cause the release of the hormones FSH and LH.
Furthermore, estrogens and progesterone are released from the developing follicles.
They help in the development, maintain sex characteristics, and play an important
role in the menstrual cycle, fertility and pregnancy.

a. Estrogen - the reproductive hormone in females that assists in endometrial

regrowth, ovulation, and calcium absorption; it is also responsible for the secondary
sexual characteristics of females. These include breast development, flaring of the
hips, and a shorter period necessary for bone maturation.

b. Progesterone - assists in regrowth of the endometrial and inhibition of the

release of FSH and LH.

c. Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) - stimulates development of egg

cells, called ova, which develop in structures called follicles.

d. Luteinizing Hormone (LH) - also plays a role in the development of egg

cell, induction of ovulation, and stimulation of estrogen and progesterone production
by the ovaries.

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 Wha M e

Direction: Do the activity and assessment below to enrich your learning.

Activity: Measuring Comprehension. Fill in the missing words on each box.

Hormone Produced in Secreted in the Role
Testosterone Male 1. 2.
Follicle Stimulating Both male and anterior pituitary 3.
Hormone female
4. 5. responsible for the
Estrogen secondary sexual
characteristics of
females

Assessment: Determine the reproductive hormones in the list below by crossing out
hormones which does not belong.

Insulin adrenalin estrogen

Progesterone testosterone somatostatin
Melatonin Luteinizing Hormone epinephrine
Thyroxine calcitonin Follicle stimulating hormone

What I Have Learned

Generalize your learning from this module by completing the 3-2-1 Chart.

Three things I learned from this module:

________________________________________________________

3 ________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________

Two things that are interesting (regarding the topic):

2 ________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________

One thing I still want to know:

1 _________________________________________________________

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 What I Can Do

Read, analyze and explain the given situation (5 points).

Your body develops faster at puberty than any other time in your life. Puberty
usually starts between age 7 and 13 in females and 9 and 15 in males.

Situation: Your little brother or any young male person is asking you why his
shoulders grow broader, his body becomes more muscular, and his voice changes.

Based on what you have read and understand, write your explanation to his query.
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 Post-Assessment

Direction: Read each item carefully. Choose the terms from the word bank that
corresponds to what is being described. Some answers can be repeated.

WORD BANK
Testosterone Progesterone Follicle Stimulating Hormone
Estrogen Luteinizing Hormone
Male Female Testes
Ovary Hormone Hypersecretion

_____________1. It is responsible for the development of the secondary sex

characteristics in females.

_____________2. It refers to the hormone in female that stimulates ovulation and

the formation and maintenance of the corpus luteum.

_____________3. This are chemical substances that helps in maintaining balance in

our body.

_____________4. In human testosterone is secreted in the testes while the ovaries

secrete_______.

_____________5. What do you call the reproductive hormone that are both secreted
in the male and female organs?

_____________6-7. If the male reproductive hormone includes testosterone, Follicle

Stimulating Hormone and Luteinizing Hormone. What about the
female reproductive hormones?

_____________8. This refers to the reproductive hormone that stimulates the

endometrium and inhibits ovulation, uterine contractions and firms
the cervix.

____________9. It is responsible for the development of secondary sex

characteristics in males, which includes change of voice, growth of
beard, pubic hair, and others.

____________10. What do you call the female gland that secrets estrogen for the
development of secondary sex characteristics.

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For 11-15. Essay. In two to three sentences, explain the role of hormones involved
in the female and male reproductive systems.
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Additional Activity
Concept Mapping

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Answers may vary
What I Can Do
Answers may vary
What I Have learned
What I Know
1. b
2. c
3. b
4. b What s Ne
5. a
6. c 1. Estrogen and Progesterone
7. a
8. b 2. Testosterone
9. a
10.a 3. Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) & Luteinizing Hormone (LH)
11.
False
12.
True
13. a
14. b
15. c
Post-Assessment
What s More
1. Estrogen
Activity
2. Luteinizing Hormone
1.Testes
3. Hormones
2. Promotes and regulates the development of secondary sex characteristics and
stimulates spermatogenesis. 4. Estrogen
3. Influence female traits and support reproductive function. Inhibits growth of
facial hair and initiates secondary sex characteristics. It also causes thickening of 5. Follicle Stimulating
the endometrium. Hormone/Luteinizing Hormone
4. Female 6-7. Estrogen/ Progesterone/
FSH/ LH
5. Ovaries
8. Progesterone
9. Testosterone
10. Ovary
11-15. Answers may vary
ANSWER KEY
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