Question

What do you mean by Steroid Hormones

Answer 1

Answer:

Steroid hormone, any of a group of hormones that belong to the class of chemical compounds known as steroids; they are secreted by three “steroid glands”—the adrenal cortex, testes, and ovaries—and during pregnancy by the placenta. All steroid hormones are derived from cholesterol.

Answer 2

ʜᴇʏᴀ ᴍᴀᴛᴇ..........

sᴛᴇʀᴏɪᴅ ʜᴏʀᴍᴏɴᴇ, ᴀɴʏ ᴏғ ᴀ ɢʀᴏᴜᴘ ᴏғ ʜᴏʀᴍᴏɴᴇs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʙᴇʟᴏɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʟᴀss ᴏғ ᴄʜᴇᴍɪᴄᴀʟ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴏᴜɴᴅs ᴋɴᴏᴡɴ ᴀs sᴛᴇʀᴏɪᴅs; ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ sᴇᴄʀᴇᴛᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ “sᴛᴇʀᴏɪᴅ ɢʟᴀɴᴅs”—ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴅʀᴇɴᴀʟ ᴄᴏʀᴛᴇx, ᴛᴇsᴛᴇs, ᴀɴᴅ ᴏᴠᴀʀɪᴇs—ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴄʏ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇɴᴛᴀ. ᴀʟʟ sᴛᴇʀᴏɪᴅ ʜᴏʀᴍᴏɴᴇs ᴀʀᴇ ᴅᴇʀɪᴠᴇᴅ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴄʜᴏʟᴇsᴛᴇʀᴏʟ.

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