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प्रश्न
Name the disease caused by the deficiency of insulin hormone in the body.
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उत्तर
Diabetes is caused by the deficiency of a hormone known as insulin.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Name the hormones secreted by the given endocrine glands and specify one function.
Thyroid
Which gland secretes the growth hormone?
Which halogen element is necessary for the making of thyroxine hormone by the thyroid gland?
What part does the diet play in helping us to have a healthy thyroid gland?
If sugar is detected in the urine of a person, name the disease he is suffering from.
Why do you need iodine in your diet?
Fill in the following blanks with suitable words :
The two examples of effectors are .........and ...........
What substances are made by endocrine glands?
Match the hormones given in column I with their functions given in column II :
| Hormones | Functions |
| (i) Thyroxine | (a) Causes breasts to develop in females |
| (ii) Adrenaline | (b) Causes the male to start producing sperms |
| (iii) Insulin | (c) Prepares the body for an emergency |
| (iv) Estrogen | (d) Controls the metabolic rate |
| (v) Testosterone | (e) Regulates the amount of sugar in blood |
Write the names of five endocrine glands found in the human body. Name the hormones secreted by each gland.
How do hormones reach the organs they control?
Name the disease which occurs in adults due to the deficiency of iodine in the diet. What is the main symptom of this disease?
One of the following acts as an endocrine gland as well as an exocrine gland. This one is :
(a) salivary gland
(b) pancreas
(c) pituitary
(d) parathyroid
One of the following is an incorrect statement about insulin. This is:
A doctor advised a person to take injection of insulin because :
(a) his blood pressure was high
(b) his heart beat was high
(c) his blood sugar was high
(d) his thyroxine level in blood was high
One of the following statements is not true about thyroxine. This is :
(a) Thyroid gland requires iron to synthesise thyroxine
(b) It regulates carbohydrate, protein and fat metabolism
(c) Iodine is essential for the synthesis of thyroxine
(d) Thyroid gland can enlarge due to lack of thyroxine
Which of the following does not act as an endocrine gland as well as an exocrine gland?
(a) testis
(b) ovary
(c) pituitary
(d) pancreas
Which of the following are often called glands of emergency?
(a) thyroid
(b) pituitary
(c) adrenal
(d) pancreas
A gland W is located just below the stomach in the human body. The gland W secretes a hormone X. The deficiency of hormone X in the body causes a disease Y in which the blood sugar level of a person rises too much. The person having high blood sugar is called Z.
(a) Name (i) gland W, and (ii) hormone X.
(b) What is the function of hormone X?
(c) Name (i) disease Y, and (ii) person Z.
(d) What advice would you like to give to a person who is suffering from disease Y due to faulty life-style?
