Editing Gonad (section)

== Regulation ==
The gonads are controlled by [[luteinizing hormone]] (LH) and [[follicle-stimulating hormone]] (FSH), produced and secreted by [[gonadotropic cell|gonadotropes or gonadotrophins]] in the [[anterior pituitary gland]].<ref>{{cite web|title=gonadotropin|url=http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/gonadotropin|work=The Free Dictionary|publisher=Mosby's Medical Dictionary, 8th edition. Elsevier.|access-date=4 June 2012|year=2009}}</ref> This secretion is regulated by [[gonadotropin-releasing hormone]] (GnRH) produced in the [[hypothalamus]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Hormones of the Hypothalamus: Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)|url=http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/H/Hypothalamus.html#GnRH|work=Kimball's Biology Pages|publisher=John W. Kimball (The Saylor Foundation)|access-date=4 June 2012|first=John W. |last=Kimball|date=12 February 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627085615/http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/H/Hypothalamus.html#GnRH|archive-date=27 June 2012}}</ref><ref name=Marieb>{{cite book | last = Marieb | first = Elaine | title = Anatomy & physiology | publisher = Benjamin-Cummings | page= 915 | year = 2013 | isbn = 978-0-321-88760-3 |oclc=43903780}}</ref>