Chhattisgarh PMT Chhattisgarh PMT Solved Paper-2004

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    Which endocrine gland becomes inactive in old age?

    A)  adrenal                               

    B)  pineal

    C)  thymus                               

    D)  pituitary

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Thymus gland is haemopoietic, as well as, an endocrine gland. It is essential in neonatal infant and postnatal child for normal development of lymphoid organs and cellular immunity. It is progressively grows about  three or four folds upto about the age of puberty. So, it is called as 'seed bed' of' thymic lymphocytes. But by the old age, the thymus is reduced to quite a thin, yet functional chord of tissue.


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