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Sex Hormones

occurs, these vessels will supply the
required nutrients.
This is a wonder because the still
developing follicle cannot consider
the future of the cell inside it, yet it
takes the required measures needed
for the future nutritional needs of the
egg. It also ensures that preparations
are made in the uterus where the egg
will be protected.
After releasing the egg, how does
the follicle know that it will reach the
uterus and lodge there? How does it
know that capillary vessels in the uter-
Ovaries produced by female
us will provide nutrients for the egg
sex hormones.
cell? From whom did it learn the formula
for causing an increase in the number of capillary vessels?
2. Under the influence of estrogen, the muscles in the uterus begin
to develop and their strength increases. This is a measure taken to protect
the place where the egg will lodge in case of fertilization. 40
3. The growth in the women's breasts during the time of develop-
ment is closely connected to the influence of estrogen. Estrogen increases
the accumulation of fat in the breasts and, at the same time, ensures the
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multiplication of milk glands. All these preparations ensure that the
baby will be fed by the mother.
4. The construction of other parts particular to a woman's body also
happens as a result of the influence of estrogen. Of interest is the fact that
estrogen causes growth in a woman's breasts but never goes to produce
growth in the shoulder area except in extraordinary cases (which would
give a woman a masculine appearance).
Estrogen also produces the high pitched woman's voice instead of a
male voice. It knows what kind of voice needs to be produced and it
knows how to make a woman's voice. The sculptor that forms the special

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