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Which is the pituitary hormone that stimulates the activity of testes in males and ovary in females?


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Adrenocorticotropic hormone

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Thyroid Stimulating Hormone

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Gonadotropic hormone

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Prolactin

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Solution

The correct option is C

Gonadotropic hormone


The pituitary gland produces tropic hormones which regulate the functions of other glands. Gonadotropic hormones, secreted by the anterior part of the pituitary lobe stimulate the activity of testes in males and ovary in females.


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