Using Figure 15.1, match the following:





1) Produces the hormones that promote the development of the female secondary sexual characteristics at puberty.

2) Storehouse for the hormones produced by the hypothalamus of the brain.

3) Produces the hormones that direct the production of the secondary male sex characteristics.

4) Produce steroid hormones and glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids.

5) Produces hormones and is considered a neuroendocrine organ.


1) D
2) B
3) E
4) C
5) A

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