Q. Which of the following steroid hormones is used to make androgens and estrogens, the sex hormones? Answer:
Dehydroepiandrosterone
Notes:
Anabolic steroids are synthetic, or human-made, variations of the male sex hormone testosterone.
Estradiol also spelled oestradiol, is an estrogen steroid hormone and the major female sex hormone. It is involved in the regulation of the estrous and menstrual female reproductive cycles.
Cortisol is a steroid hormone that your adrenal glands, the endocrine glands on top of your kidneys, produce and release. It mainly helps regulate your body's response to stress.
Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is a hormone produced by the body's adrenal glands. The body uses DHEA to make androgens and estrogens, the male and female sex hormones.