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प्रश्न
Iodised salt is essential to prevent ______.
विकल्प
rickets
scurvy
goitre
acromegaly
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उत्तर
Iodised salt is essential to prevent goitre.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Define the following:
Hormone
| Hormones | Target gland |
| Corticotrophin (ACTH) | ______ |
| Hormones | Target gland |
| Gonadotrophins (LH, FSH) | ______ |
| Hormones | Target gland |
| Melanotrophin (MSH | ______ |
Give an example of hypercalcemic hormone.
In the table given below, fill in the blanks by naming endocrine glands, the hormones they secrete, and the function they perform, in a normal person.
| S.No. | Name of the gland | produced | Function |
| 1. | Thyroid | ||
| 2. | Insulin | ||
| 3. | Preparing the body for action | ||
| 4. | (i) Growth hormone (ii) Thyroid-stimulating hormone |
Define the following:
Endocrine glands
Mention which of the statements are true (T) and which are false (F). Give reason in support of your answer.
There are two kinds of diabetes (mild and severe) related with two different hormones.
Choose the correct answer:
Excess secretion of growth hormone causes ____________
Hormones are called ‘chemical messengers’.
The release of progesterone in the urine is an indication of pregnancy. Explain.
Give the Technical Term: Name the glands which secrete the following hormone: Relaxin
The sketch below shows a certain condition in an individual:
(i) Name the condition.
(ii) What is the underlying cause of this condition?
(iii) Name two other conditions that could have resulted due to a similar cause.
(iv) Which hormone is required for iodine synthesis?
(v) Where is the thyroid gland located?
(vi) The hormone secreted by the thyroid gland is controlled from which hormone?
State the Function
Progesterone
Choose the Odd One Out
Column ‘II’ is a list of items related to ideas in Column ‘I’. Match the term in Column ‘II’ with a suitable idea given in Column ‘I’.
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Pituitary | (a) produces male sex characteristics |
| (ii) Ovaries | (b) decreases blood sugar level |
| (iii) Thyroid | (c) increases heart and breathing rate raises blood pressure |
| (iv) Thymus | (d) produces female sex characteristics |
| (v) Adrenals | (e) is known as emergency hormone |
| (vi) Hypothalamus | (f) regulates the level of calcium and phosphorus |
| (vii) Pancreas | (g) increases the rate of metabolism |
| (viii) Testes | (h) maintains the level of calcium |
| (ix) Parathyroid | regulates the amount of water excreted in the urine. |
| (x) Cretinism | (j) simulates skeletal growth |
| (xi) Diabetes mellitus | (k) regulates the activities of other glands |
| (xii) Insulin shock | (l) stimulates the development of male and female sex organs |
| (xiii) Gigantism | (m) Shortage of glucose in the blood. |
| (xiv) Enlargement of breasts in adult males | (n) Over-secretion of growth hormone |
| (xv) Exophthalmic goiter | (o) Excess of glucose in the blood |
| (xvi) Acromegaly | (p) Over-secretion of thyroxin |
| (xvii) Addison’s disease | (q) Dwarfism and mental retardation |
| (xviii)Cretinism | (r) Over-secretion of cortical hormones |
| (xix) Dwarfism | (s) Under-secretion of the adrenal cortex |
| (xx) Adrenalin | (t) Under-secretion of thyroxin in children |
| (xxi) Vasopressin | (u) Over-secretion of growth hormones in adults |
Differentiate hyperglycemia from hypoglycemia.
Predict the effects of removal of pancreas from the human body.
Acromegaly is caused by ______.
Distinguish between Diabetes mellitus and Diabetes insipidus (endocrine gland concerned).
