Multiple Choice
Which of the following glands produces testosterone?
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16. The Endocrine System
Introduction to the Endocrine System
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Which gland produces the hormone responsible for maintaining secondary sex characteristics?
A
Gonads
B
Thyroid gland
C
Pituitary gland
D
Adrenal gland
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Identify the hormone responsible for maintaining secondary sex characteristics. In humans, these are typically testosterone in males and estrogen in females.
Understand that secondary sex characteristics include features such as facial hair in males and breast development in females.
Recognize that the gonads are the primary reproductive organs: testes in males and ovaries in females.
Recall that the testes produce testosterone, and the ovaries produce estrogen, both of which are crucial for the development and maintenance of secondary sex characteristics.
Conclude that the gland responsible for producing these hormones, and thus maintaining secondary sex characteristics, is the gonads.
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