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Addison’s disease is caused by insufficient secretion of both aldosterone and cortisol by the adrenal cortex.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Biology Chapter 19: Chemical Coordination and Integration Adrenal Gland - Cortex and Medulla
Pick C: Glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids. Thinking about Endocrinology in a practical way — what the structure does, or what the process achieves — leads you here. Clinically and academically, the same logic shows up again and again: cause and effect line up with Glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids — that is the mechanism or reason the stem is pointing to. Hence Glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids is correct. Treat this as a building block for the rest of Endocrinology; neighbouring topics often reuse the same principle. Keep a one-line summary card for this idea and revisit it before the paper; short, repeated review beats long cramming sessions.
Ref: Animal physiology is Unit 7 of the CSIR NET Life Science Syllabus, covering core body systems. It accounts for roughly 10% of the total marks in Sections B and C.
