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प्रश्न
One of the following acts as an endocrine gland as well as an exocrine gland. This one is :
(a) salivary gland
(b) pancreas
(c) pituitary
(d) parathyroid
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उत्तर
(b) pancreas
The pancreas acts as an exocrine as well as an endocrine gland. The salivary, pituitary and parathyroid glands are endocrine glands.
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