Question

Describe the effects of FSH and LH on the ovary.

Answer 1

In Female, FSH hormone stimulates the growth of ovarian follicles in the ovary before the release of an egg from one follicle at ovulation. It also triggers the production of estrogen in the follicle. The rise in estrogen tells the pituitary gland to stop producing FSH and to start making more LH.

The shift to LH causes the egg to be released from the ovary, a process called ovulation. After the ovulation LH acts on the remnant of the graffian follicle to cone=vert it into c=progesterone producing Corpus luteum. It maintains the corpus luteum and causes production of progesterone.