Question

Why is cholesterol important for the body

A. Estrogen and testosterone are created from it
B. It prevents the body from making too much vitamin D
C. It reduces the mellow steroids taken up by the body
D. Membrane phospholipids are crated from it

Answer 1

Answer is: A. Estrogen and testosterone are created from it.

Testosterone is synthesized in several steps from cholesterol and is converted in the liver. It is the male sex hormone and an anabolic steroid.
Estrogen is synthesis in theca interna cells in the ovary, by the synthesis of androstenedione from cholesterol. It is the primary female sex hormone.