Role Of Oral Contraceptive Pills

Question 1

Androgen

Answer 1

Male hormone. May be strong or weak

Question 2

Estrogen

Answer 2

Female hormone

Question 3

Dihydrotestosterone

Answer 3

The strongest male hormone and the one that stimulates hair follicles

Question 4

Familial

Answer 4

Occurring in families without apparent hormonal cause

Question 5

Hirsutism

Answer 5

Excessive hair growth

Question 6

Idiopathic

Answer 6

Not caused by disease or drugs

Question 7

Progestin

Answer 7

A synthetic hormone with progestational (progesterone-like) and often androgenic (androgen-like) activity

Question 8

Progesterone

Answer 8

A natural hormone produced in the ovary after ovulation and in the placenta during pregnancy. Opposes the effect of androgen

Question 9

Sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG)

Answer 9

Formerly called Testosterone Binding Globulin. A substance produced in the liver under stimulation of estrogen that binds and inactivates testosterone and other male hormones in serum

Question 10

Testosterone

Answer 10

A potent male hormone present in serum