JIPMER Jipmer Medical Solved Paper-2008

  • question_answer
    Moulting hormone is secreted by

    A)  corpora cardiacum

    B)  corpora allata

    C)  neurosecretory hormone

    D)  prothoracic gland

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Prothoracic gland is also known as moult gland in some arthropods and Y organ or ventral gland in crustaceans. The prothoracic gland secretes moulting hormone called ecdysone or ecdysome, which is steroid and stimulates moulting or ecdysis during metamorphosis in insects.


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