What type hormones do the ovaries produce?

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Joëlle
Aug 28, 2016

Steroid sex hormones

Explanation:

The ovaries produce the sex steroids. Steroid hormones all have the same basic structure:
![http://apbio1review.weebly.com/http://steroids.html](https://useruploads.socratic.org/TAecWSzuRBex8Kom8G0u_steroidstructure.png)

The two groups of steroid hormones the ovaries produce are estrogen (estradiol, estrone and estrene) and progesterone .

![http://apbio1review.weebly.com/http://steroids.html](https://useruploads.socratic.org/FddMwd7KRhCpDEhXuIFR_sexsteroids.png)

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