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.
Other cells that make testosterone in the testis, called Leydig cells, are also believed to make some estrogen. Although the amount of circulating estrogen in males is low compared to females, the testis itself contains a relatively high concentration of the hormone because it is made in that organ.