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Chemical Coordination and Integration
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Which one of the following hormones though synthesised elsewhere, is stored and released by the master gland?

  • Antidiuretic hormone

  • Luteinizing hormone

  • Prolactin

  • Melanocyte-stimulating hormone

Answer

A.

Antidiuretic hormone

Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH) or vasopressin is a peptide hormone synthesised in the hypothalamus, but stored and released from the posterior pituitary lobe. 

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