Given ahead is an incomplete table about certain hormones, their source glands and one major effect of each on the body in humans. Identify the correct option for the three blanks A, B and C.

 Gland  Secretion Effect on Body
  A    Oestrogen Maintenance of secondary sexual characters
Alpha cells of islets of Langerhans  B Raises blood sugar level
Anterior pituitary   C Oversecretion leads to gigantism
 
Options: A B C
1. Placenta   Insulin Vasopressin
2. Ovary      Insulin Calcium
3. Placenta Glucagon  Calcitonin
4. Ovary    Glucagon Growth hormone
Subtopic:  Adenohypophysis & Hypothalamus | Human Growth Hormone | Pancreas: I | Pancreas |
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Which of the following is an accumulation and release centre of neurohormones?

1. Posterior pituitary lobe 
2. Intermediate lobe of the pituitary
3. Hypothalamus
4. Anterior pituitary lobe
Subtopic:  Pituitary & Hypothalamus | Adenohypophysis & Hypothalamus |
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AIPMT - 2006
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