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प्रश्न
What is the function of insulin hormone? What type of patients are given insulin injections?
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उत्तर
The function of insulin hormone is to lower the blood sugar level. Insulin controls the metabolism of sugar. Deficiency of insulin causes diabetes. Diabetic patients are treated by giving injections of insulin.
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Name the hormones secreted by the given endocrine glands and specify one function.
Thyroid
Which gland secretes the growth hormone?
Name the hormones secreted by testes.
Which halogen element is necessary for the making of thyroxine hormone by the thyroid gland?
What is the name of in-built 'arrangement' in our body which controls the timing and amount of hormones released by various endocrine glands in the body?
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Fill in the following blanks with suitable words :
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Name the gland which controls the secretion of hormones from the pituitary.
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(a) testosterone
(b) growth hormone
(c) adrenaline
(d) insulin
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(a) estrogen from testes and testosterone from ovary
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(c) testosterone from testes and estrogen from ovary
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(a) pancreas
(b) thyroid
(c) adrenal
(d) pituitary
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(a) diabetes
(b) gonorrhoea
(c) dysentery
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(b) Name the chemical substance C.
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(a) heart
(b) kidney
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