Which organ produces androgens?

Question

Which organ produces androgens?

A. Pituitary gland
B. Ovaries
C. Thyroid
D. Testes

Answer 1

ANDROGENS are produced in the testis, ovary, adrenal, and most likely, in the placenta-

One of a class of steroid hormones. Androgens play a major role in the development and maintenance of masculine secondary sexual characters, for example, the seminal vesicle and prostate gland of the male mammal, and the comb, wattles, and spur of the male fowl. They also influence certain other secondary sexual characters, such as hair growth pattern and voice quality in humans. In the fowl, they affect the pattern and seasonal coloration of its feathers, as well as crowing. In addition, androgens affect nitrogen metabolism (anabolic). Androgens are produced in the testis, ovary, adrenal, and most likely, in the placenta. A small portion of the androgen is from corticoids, or adrenal cortex steroids, and from other C21 steroids, such as progesterone.

Answer 2

Item No.D-
Androgen production
The mesoderm-derived epithelial cells of the sex cords in developing testes become the Sertoli cells which will function to support sperm cell formation. A minor population of non-epithelial cells appear between the tubules by week 8 of human fetal development. These are Leydig cells. Soon after they differentiate, Leydig cells begin to produce androgens.
While testosterone is generally considered to be a male hormone, it is also produced in small amounts by the ovary. Other hormones called androgens have testosterone like effects and are also produced by both the ovary and the adrenal gland.

Answer 3

Androgen is the generic term for any natural or synthetic compound, usually a steroid hormone, that stimulates or controls the development and maintenance of masculine characteristics in vertebrates by binding to androgen receptors. This includes the activity of the accessory male sex organs and development of male secondary sex characteristics. Androgens, which were first discovered in 1936, are also called androgenic hormones or testoids. Androgens are also the original anabolic steroids. They are also the precursor of all estrogens, the female sex hormones. The primary and most well-known androgen is testosterone.

Answer 4

D testes -androgens build-testosterone
androgens are also oestrogen precursors in the ovary

Answer 5

the answer to your question is all of the above organs produce androgens.

Answer 6

I think it is the ovaries and the testes, I am not entirely sure though.

Answer 7

B and D dependant on your sex.