Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R:
Assertion A: FSH acts upon ovarian follicles in female and Leydig cells in male.
Reason R: Growing ovarian follicles secrete estrogen in female while interstitial cells secrete androgen in male human being.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- A
A is true but R is false
- B
A is false but R is true
- C
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- D
Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
FSH acts on the ovarian follicles in the female and on the Sertoli cells (not Leydig cells) in the male — Leydig cells are stimulated by LH/ICSH. So Assertion A is false. Growing follicles do secrete estrogen and interstitial (Leydig) cells secrete androgen — Reason R is true. Hence A false, R true.
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