Question
The source of somatostatin is same as that of
thyroxine and calcitonin
insulin and glucagon
somatotropin and prolactin
vasopresin and oxytocin
Solution
D.
vasopresin and oxytocin
The source of somatostatin is same as that of vasopressin and oxytocin. Somatostatin is produced from hypothalamus (somatostatin neuron) and oxytocin and vasopressin are also produced in the nuclei of hypothalamus, though later they are stored and released from posterior pituitary.
