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Question
CBSEENBI12047051

Both corpus luteum and macula lutea are

  • found in human ovaries

  • a source of hormones

  • characterized by a yellow colour

  • contributory in maintaining pregnancy

Solution

C.

characterized by a yellow colour

Both corpus luteum and macula lutea are characterised by a yellow colour. After an egg is released from the ovary, the cells that line the ovarian follicle change shape and colour to become a corpus luteum (yellow body). Macula lutea is the yellowish spot present at the posterior pole of eye. Lutein, zeaxanthin, α- carotene and β- cryptoxanthin are responsible for its yellow colouration.