Year: 1936
Type: article
Abstract: h y p o p h y sis have lo n g been c laim ed .Evans and Simpson ( *29) and E l l i s o n , C am pbell, and Wolfe (*38) r e p o r te d t h a t p i t u i t a r y p o ten cy in th e male i s 2 to 3 tim e s g r e a t e r th a n in the fe m a le .S im u lta n e o u sly MoQueen-Williams ( f34) and Wolfe and E l l i s o n (*34) d em o n strate d t h a t th e a c id o p h il© © and b a s o p h ile s a r e more numerous and more c l e a r l y d e fin e d in th e male a n t e r i o r p i t u i t a r y th a n in th e f e m ale.Claris ( *38) h a s shown by th e im p la n ta tio n method t h a t th e g o n a d o tro p ic hormone c o n te n t o f th e a n t e r i o r p i t u i t a r y g lan d o f th e r a t i a m arkedly g r e a t e r In th e fem ale from b i r t h to tw enty days; i t m a in ta in s t h i s suprem acy to a s m a lle r degree u n t i l p u b e rty , a t w hich tim e the m ale g la n d becomes more p o te n t in th e m a jo r ity o f o a s e s .At seven months th e male g la n d ha© 1 .6time© g r e a t e r p o te n c y th an t h a t o f th e fem ale.Fevold e t a l* ( *33) have shown t h a t two g o n ad o tro p io h o r mone f r a c t i o n s , th e f o l l i c l e s tim u la to r and l u t e i n i z e r , can be e x t r a c te d from the h y p o p h y sis; b o th a r e n e c e s s a ry f o r o v a ria n f u n c tio n .Moore assum es t h a t b o th a re n e c e s s a ry a l s o f o r t e s t i c u l a r f u n c tio n (Symposium Assoc.Am.A n a t., 1 9 3 5 ).How e v e r, a s Goodman (*34) d e m o n strate d so b e a u t i f u l l y , o v a ria n g r a f t s in th e male do n o t l u t e i n i z e .T h is seems to i n d ic a t e
Source: American Journal of Anatomy
Author: Carroll A. Pfeiffer
Institution: University of Iowa
Language: English
Subfield: Reproductive Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
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