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.
Estrogen and progesterone are the female hormones produced by the ovaries. These hormones cause monthly menstrual cycles to occur. These hormones also help eggs to develop in follicles, which are fluid-filled pockets, before an egg is released each month to travel down the fallopian tube. A third hormone, testosterone, also is produced by the ovaries in small amounts. Testosterone is in a broad class of hormones called androgens, and it is the dominant sex hormone in men. Between 4% and 7% of women produce too much testosterone in their ovaries.