Compare the hormonal response with the nervous response with respect to their speed, transmission and the general nature of changes brought about. - Biology

Compare the hormonal response with the nervous response with respect to their speed, transmission and the general nature of changes brought about.

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Hormonal Response	Nervous Response
Hormonal response is slow.	Nervous response is immediate
Hormones are chemical messengers transmitted through the bloodstream.	Nerve impulses are transmitted in the form of electrochemical responses through nerve fibres.
This response brings about specific chemical changes. Therefore, it regulates the metabolism.	This response does not bring about any chemical change during metabolism.

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Define the following:

Hormone

Diagrammatically indicate the location of the various endocrine glands in our body.

Give an example of hyperglycemic hormone.

Which one of the following statement is true/ false?
Islets of Langerhans are found in the brain.

Give the Technical Term: What are releasing hormones?

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

Comment on homeostasis.

Define the following term:

Endocrine system