Which Is an Example of an Organ That Is Nervous

question 68

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of an organ that is nervous in origin, structure, and function but secretes substances into the bloodstream?

• A) anterior pituitary
• B) posterior pituitary
• C) pancreas
• D) adrenal cortex
• E) testis

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Definitions:

RNA Interference

A biological mechanism where RNA molecules block or suppress gene expression or translation by neutralizing specific mRNA molecules.

Protein-Coding Gene

A segment of DNA that contains the instructions for building a protein, with the sequence of the gene determining the amino acid sequence of the resulting protein.

CDNA Library

A collection of complementary DNA (cDNA) clones synthesized from the messenger RNA of an organism, representing a subset of the genes expressed in the tissue from which the RNA was extracted.

Introns

Non-coding sections of DNA within a gene that are removed during RNA processing before translation into proteins.