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All are true for oxytocin EXCEPT: March 2013

A
Polypeptide
B
Secreted by anterior pituitary
C
Causes ejection of milk
D
Secreted in both sexes
High-Yield Explanation
Ans. B i.e. Secreted by anterior pituitaryOxytocin is secreted mainly by Supraoptic and paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus and is transpoed from hypothalamus to posterior pituitary. When suitable stimuli reach the posterior pituitary from hypothalamus, oxytocin is released into blood.

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