Luteinizing Hormone
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Infertility — Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing▶ 20:57CorrectThe pituitary gland receives that GnRH signal and responds by releasing two heavy -hitting hormones into the systemic circulation follicle stimulating hormone,…And as a nurse, you can just look at the names to remember their jobsStructure and Function of the Reproductive Systems — Pathophysiology: The Biologic Basis for Disease in Adults and Children▶ 10:14This GnRH travels a very short distance down to the anterior pituitary gland, making it highly sensitive and responsiveThe anterior pituitary then starts releasing the gonadotropins, follicle -timulating hormone, or FSH, and luteinizing hormone, LHAnd those hormones travel through the blood to the gonads, the ovaries, or the testes, triggering gonadarch or gonadal maturationAssessment and Management of Patients with Female Physiologic Processes — Brunner & Suddarth’s Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing▶ 10:43RightLH, or luteinizing hormoneIt stimulates progesterone production, and most famously, it's the trigger for ovulation