Physics NEET Full Syllabus Mock Test 180 Question New Syllabus Mock Test - 7 PCB MCQ (Single Correct)

Read the assertion and reason carefully to mark the correct option out of the options given below:

Assertion

A
: Neurohypophysis (Pars nervosa) is also known as posterior pituitary. Reason (R): Posterior pituitary stores and releases two hormones called oxytocin and vasopressin. Both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion.
B
Both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion.
C
Assertion is true but the reason is false.
D
Both the assertion and reason are false.

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B

Neurohypophysis (pars nervosa) also known as posterior pituitary, stores and releases two called oxytocin and vasopressin, which are actually synthesized by the hypothalamus and are transported axon ally to neurohypophysis.

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