NEET 2016 · Class 12

Human Reproduction

Select the incorrect statement.

  1. (A)LH and FSH decrease gradually during the follicular phase.
  2. (B)LH triggers secretion of androgens from the Leydig cells.
  3. (C)FSH stimulates the sertoli cells which help in spermiogenesis.
  4. (D)LH triggers ovulation in ovary.

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

The secretion of gonadotropins (LH and FSH) increases gradually during the follicular phase, and stimulates follicular development as well as secretion of estrogens by the growing follicles.

Chapter
Human Reproduction
Section
2.4 MENSTRUAL CYCLE
Page
9
Words matched
24 of 27

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How this line gives the answer

0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that LH and FSH secretion 'increases gradually during the follicular phase,' which directly contradicts option A's claim that they 'decrease gradually during the follicular phase,' making A the incorrect statement.

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