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प्रश्न
Name the female hormone produced by ovaries that helps in development of mammary glands.
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उत्तर
Oestrogen is the female hormone produced by ovaries that help in development of breasts/mammary glands. It also produces female secondary sexual characteristics and causes the growth and development of female sex organs.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Word game: Use the clues to work out the words.
Across
3. Protruding voice box in boys
4. Glands without ducts
7. Endocrine gland attached to brain
8. Secretion of endocrine glands
9. Pancreatic hormone
10. Female hormone
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1. Male hormone
2. Secretes thyroxin
3. Another term for teenage
5. Hormone reaches here through blood stream
6. Voice box
7. Term for changes at adolescence

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