A temporary endocrine gland in the human body is
- corpus cardiacum
- corpus luteum
- corpus allatum
- pineal gland.
Answer
(2) corpus luteum
Solution
As per NCERT, after ovulation the remaining parts of the Graafian follicle transform into the corpus luteum, which secretes large amounts of progesterone. In the absence of fertilisation it degenerates.
∴ The corpus luteum is a temporary endocrine gland.
Corpus cardiacum and corpus allatum are endocrine glands of insects; the pineal gland is a permanent gland.
Answer: (2)