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Hormones of Posterior Pituitary

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Select the correct option with respect to hormone and its site of production.

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Gonadotropin releasing hormone-Corpus luteum

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Follicle stimulating hormone- Hypothalamus

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Estrogen- Ovarian follicles

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Progesterone- Pituitary

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Solution

The correct option is C Estrogen- Ovarian follicles
Gonadotropin releasing hormone is secreted by hypothalamus and it acts on the anterior pituitary gland.

Follicle stimulating hormone is secreted by the anterior pituitary under the influence of gonadotropin releasing hormone.

The ovarian follicles secrete estrogen and progesterone is secreted by the corpus luteum.

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