Testosterone

Authors

Affiliations

Nate Yomogida, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.S. in Kinesiology

Chloë Kerstein, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.A. in Neuroscience

Secretion

• Secreted by male testes¹

Gender Differences

Age Differences

Function

Testosterone has a powerful anabolic effect and results in greatly increased deposition of protein everywhere in the body, especially in the muscles¹.

Resultant Gender Differences

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Hall JE, Hall ME, Guyton AC. Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology. 14th edition. Elsevier; 2021.