Follicle stimulating hormone

gonads and pituitary gland

heterodimeric glycoprotein

sex cells, in men it acts on FSH, in women it acts on follicular cells

FSH receptors

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Follicle-stimulating hormone is a peptide formed and secreted by the adenohypophysis that stimulates the growth of ovarian follicles in women and spermatogenesis in men.

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• Ovarian cycle
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