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 is produced by the ovaries in women, while in men it is produced by the Sertoli cells of the testes and helps prevent apoptosis (programmed death) of sperm cells. There are three categories of âestrogensâ that occur naturally: Estrone (E1) â produced during menopause.