The Effects that the Following Hormones (Testosterone, Estrogen, and Progesterone) Have on the Human Body
Kathy René Harris
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THE OVARIES
The ovaries produce the ova and the sex hormone, progesterone and estrogen. Each ovary is a slightly flattened, almond-shaped body measuring from 1.5 to 3cm in width and about 8mm in depth. One is located on each side of the side of the pelvis, lateral to the uterus, inferior to the uterine tube, and attached to the posterior surface of the broad ligament. The broad ligament is a reflection of the peritoneum that supports the uterus laterally to the pelvis wall. Each ovary is attached to the lateral angle of the uterus by a short ovarian ligament, and to the tubal end of the uterine tube by the largest of the fringelike processes of the tubal fimbriated extremity, the ovarial fimbria.
