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Human Endocrine System

Question

A woman may develop beard and moustaches due to

Moderate

A

hypersecretion of adrenal cortex.
B

hypersecretion of thyroxine.
C

hyposecretion of adrenaline.
D

hyposecretion of thyroxine.

Solution

The over secretion of androgenic corticoid(sex corticoids) by adrenal cortex in female, causes adrenal virilism in which male type secondary sexual characters appears. In male, it causes gynaecomastia (enlarged breasts in male).

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