Steve has suffered a traumatic brain injury. To determine the damage that has be

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Steve has suffered a traumatic brain injury. To determine the damage that has been done to his brain, a team of doctors run several different tests. One of the results of these tests indicates that Steve has lost the ability to produce and mature sperm. To rule out damage at the level of the gonads, the doctors perform further analysis and discover that his testes are healthy. In light of this result, the doctors turn their attention to the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland. After running a few more tests, the doctors find that the hypothalamus has not been damaged. Explain, in detail, where the damage has occurred? How did you reach this conclusion?

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I think there is no damage to glands. It is only due to hyposecretion of FSH . Follicle stimulating hormone secreted from anterior lobe of pituitary stimulate the testes for the secretion of testesterone. Reduced level of FSH disturb the process of spermatogenesis.

Due to insufficient secretion of testesterone spermatid did not transferred into mature spermatozoa.So problem arised at hormone level.

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