Question

Male hormones are referred to as _____, whereas the female hormones are often referred to as _____.

Answer 1

The right answers are androgens for male; estrogen and progesterone for female.

MALE HORMONES:
The term androgen defines the hormones causing the appearance of male sexual characteristics such as hair. These androgen hormones are naturally secreted by the adrenal glands, testes, but also the ovaries in women.
FEMALE HORMONES:
Estrogens are all hormones secreted by the ovary. The level of this hormone in the blood increases especially at the time of ovulation. But it is also produced in small quantities by the testicles in males.

After the release of the egg during the menstrual cycle, the ovary continues to work. The cells of the empty shell (called the corpus luteum) that contained the egg thus make progesterone on the second part of the cycle, before having a further fall in their production at the beginning of the next cycle.