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प्रश्न
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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उत्तर
Feedback mechanism is the in-built arrangement in our body that controls the timing and amount of hormones released by various endocrine glands.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
How does our body respond when adrenaline is secreted into the blood?
Name the hormones secreted by the given endocrine glands and specify one function.
Pituitary
What is the name of the system of glands which produces hormones?
Name the hormones secreted by testes.
Name the disease caused by the deficiency of thyroxine hormone in the body.
Which halogen element is necessary for the making of thyroxine hormone by the thyroid gland?
Why do you need iodine in your diet?
Name the hormones secreted by given endocrine glands :
Parathyroid glands
Name the hormones secreted by given endocrine glands:
Adrenal 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 |
Which hormone gives boys a deep voice?
Name the gland which controls the secretion of hormones from the pituitary.
Which of the following endocrine gland does not occur as a pair in the human body?
The faulty functioning of an endocrine gland can make a person very short or very tall. This gland is :
(a) thyroid
(b) pineal
(c) adrenal
(d) pituitary
The use of iodised salt is recommended to prevent :
(a) diabetes
(b) gonorrhoea
(c) dysentery
(d) goitre
A and B are two pairs of glands that are present in the human endocrine system. The pair A is found only in females, whereas B is present only in males. Glands A make and secrete two hormones C and D, whereas glands B make and secrete only one hormone E. In addition to hormones, Glands A make gametes F, whereas glands B make gametes G.
(a) What are the glands A?
(b) What are the hormones C and D?
(c) What are the glands B? Name the hormone E.
(d) What are the gametes F and G?
(e) Which event in the life of males and females is associated with the secretion of the hormones C, D and E?
Assertion: On attaining puberty, breast size increases and reproductive organs develop in females.
Reason: Ovaries release the hormone progesterone in females.
A doctor advised a person to take an injection of insulin because:
A doctor has advised Sameer to reduce sugar intake in his diet and do regular exercise after checking his blood test reports. Which disease do you think Sameer is suffering from? Name the hormone responsible for this disease and the organ producing the hormone.
