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प्रश्न
What part does the diet play in helping us to have a healthy thyroid gland?
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उत्तर
Iodine is necessary in our diet for the proper functioning of the thyroid gland. Lack of iodine in our diet can cause a deficiency of thyroxine hormone.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Why is the use of iodised salt advisable?
Why are some patients of diabetes treated by giving injections of insulin?
Name the disease caused by the deficiency of insulin hormone in the body.
Name the disease caused by the deficiency of thyroxine hormone in the body.
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?
Name one gland which acts only as an endocrine gland.
Name the hormones secreted by given endocrine glands :
Pancreas
State the functions of Growth hormone.
Write the names of all the major endocrine glands present in the human body. Which of these glands also function as exocrine 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 |
In what ways are puberty and adolescence result of the activity of some glands in the human body?
Which hormone gives boys a deep voice?
Dwarfism results due to:
The endocrine gland whose malfunctioning causes diabetes disease is :
(a) pituitary
(b) pineal
(c) parathyroid
(d) pancreas
The gland A is attached to the wind pipe in the human body. The gland A makes and secretes a hormone B which controls the metabolism of carbohydrates, fats and proteins in the body. The non-metal element C is necessary for the formation of hormone B. The deficiency of C in the diet can cause a deficiency of hormone B in the body leading to a disease D in which the neck of a person appears to be swollen. People are advised to use salt E in cooking food so as to avoid disease D.
(a) Name (i) gland A, and (ii) hormone B.
(b) What is the element C?
(c) Name one type of food which can provide sufficient C in the diet of a person.
(d) Name (i) disease D, and (ii) salt E.
There are two similar glands P which are located on top of two similar organs Q in the human body. P are often called the emergency glands and they secrete a hormone R into the blood stream. R is secreted in large amounts when a person is frightened. It brings about temporary changes in the body which allow a lot of substance S from the liver to go into the blood to provide a lot of energy in a very short time. This helps a person to fight back or run away from the frightening situation.
What are P, Q, R and S?
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?
A doctor advised a person to take an injection of insulin because:
Write any three responses which enable the animal body to deal with a scary situation.
