Last name: Dunham. This is an English locational surname. It derives from one of the villages called Dunham in the county of Nottingham, or Dunham Magna and Dunham Parva, in Norfolk, or Dunham on the Hill, in both Norfolk and Cheshire. The origin is the pre 7th century Olde English dun meaning a hill and ham, a hamlet or homstead.
1994). Thecal cells are not capable of producing estrogen but do produce androgens in response to LH, which are then converted into estrogen by follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)-induced aromatase in the neighboring granulosa cells of selected growing follicles.
Other androgens from the adrenal glands (located near the kidneys) produce pubic and axillary hair at the time of puberty. Estrogen: A female sex hormone, which is responsible for breast development in. girls. It is made mainly by the ovaries, but is also present in boys in smaller. amounts.