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.
This hormone is then exported to other cells within the ovaries, called the granulosa cells. These cells convert the adrostenedione into estradiol. During pregnancy, estrogen production is taken over by the placenta. After menopause, the ovaries stop producing estrogens and it is instead made by the adrenal glands, the liver and the fatty tissue within the breasts.