Labels:bag | bulletin board | donut | door | earth | fruitlet | rock | tree | tribute album OCR: OVARIES YOU ARE FEM ALE you have two ovaries one on each side of the uterus. The ovaries produce two fem ale sex hormones ca illed oestrogen and progesterone. These sex hormones control the deve lopment of the female reprod uctive organs and the appearance of female characteristics puberty These include breast development the growth of body hair, and changes in body shape. The production of these hormones IS controlled by the hypothalamus and pituitary gland in your brain Inside an ovary Ovarian tissue Produces egg cells one of which released every month FYOU called land prod uction hormone rhich