CET Karnataka Medical CET - Karnataka Medical Solved Paper-2005

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    Identify from the following a hormone produced by the pituitary gland in both males and females but functional only in females:

    A)  vasopressin

    B)  relaxin

    C)  prolactin

    D)  somatotropic hormone

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Prolactin or luteotrophic hormone (LTH) or lactogenic hormone or mammotrophic hormone initiates and maintains milk secretion by mammary glands, a process called lactation.


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