Question

Cortisol is secreted from

(a) pancreas

(b) thyroid

(c) adrenal

(d) thymus

Answer 1

(c) Cortisol is secreted from the adrenal gland. The zona fasciculata region of adrenal cortex secretes cortisol, corticosterone and cortisone. These hormones are involved in maintaining glucose homeostasis.

Pancreas is a composite gland which secretes insulin glucagon and somatostatin.

Thyroid gland secretes they toxin or tetraiodothyronine $\left(T_4\right)$ and triodothyronine $\left(T_3\right)$. which regulate the metabolic rate of the body and maintain basal metabolic rate. It also secretes calcitrnia

Thymus secretes thymosin, involved in providing cell mediated immunity to the body.