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Give the name of endocrine gland which is prominent at birth but gets gradually atrophied in adult stage.

Q.2 (iii) Give the name of endocrine gland which is prominent at birth but gets gradually atrophied in adult stage.

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Answer: Thymus gland.

The thymus is large in the newborn and in children, where its hormone thymosin helps in maturation of T-lymphocytes; it gradually atrophies after puberty and is reduced to fatty tissue in adults.

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