The endocrine system comprises of the endocrine glands and hormone producing diffused tissues or cel

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The endocrine system comprises of the endocrine glands and hormone producing diffused tissues or cells located in different parts of our body. The endocrine glands in our body are hypothalamus, pituitary, pineal, thyroid, adrenal, pancreas, parathyroid, thymus and gonads (testis in males and ovary in females). There are some other organs that also produce hormones, e.g., gastrointestinal tract, liver, kidney, heart.\ Refer to the given figure showing location of various endocrine glands and answer the following question.\ A patient was diagnosed with diuresis condition. He was injected with a hormone. Identify the hormone, its site of production and consequence of injecting it.\

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(a) : Vasopressin, also known as anti-diuretic hormone (ADH) is secreted by hypothalamus and released by pituitary. It increases the permeability of kidney tubules to water thereby increasing the reabsorption of water into the blood capillaries in the kidney tubules. This will result in decrease in the volume of urine produced.