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.
The endocrine cell subsets are: 1  Alpha cells that produce glucagon, and make up 15â20% of total islet cells. 2  Beta cells that produce insulin and amylin, and make up 65â80% of the total islet cells. 3  Delta cells that produce somatostatin, and make up 3â10% of the total islet cells.