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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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3. Protruding voice box in boys
4. Glands without ducts
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8. Secretion of endocrine glands
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10. Female hormone
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5. Hormone reaches here through blood stream
6. Voice box
7. Term for changes at adolescence
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