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प्रश्न
Fill in the Blanks:
The activities of the thyroid gland are controlled by ______ secreted by the ______.
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उत्तर
The activities of the thyroid gland are controlled by Hormone secreted by the pituitary.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Given below is a table designed to give the names of the glands, the hormones produced, their chief functions, the effects of oversecretion and undersecretion in respect of thyroid, pituitary and pancreas. Fill up the blanks 1–13.
| S.No. | Source Gland cells | Hormone produced | Chief function | Effect of oversecretion | Effect of undersecretion |
| 1 | (1) ______ | Thyroxine | (2) ______ | (3) ______ | (4) ______ |
| 2 | Beta cells of Islets of Langerhans | (5) ______ | Promotes glucose utilisation by the body cells | (6) ______ | (7) ______ |
| 3 | (8) ______ | Growth hormone | (9) ______ | (10) ______ | Dwarfism |
| 4 | (11) ______ | Vasopressin | Increases reabsorption of water from kidney tubule | (12) ______ | (13) ______ |
Select the odd one out of the following:
TSH, ACTH, Insulin
Goiter is usually observed in people living in hilly regions.
Draw and label the structure of thyroid gland.
Name the Following: Iodine is necessary for the secretion of which hormone.
The basal metabolic rate in body cells is regulated by:
Which diseases is caused by the hypersecretion of mineralocorticoids and glucocorticoids?
Match the items given in Column I with the most appropriate ones in Column II and rewrite the correct Matching pairs:
| Column I | Column II | ||
| (a) | Hyposecretion of Thyroxine in adults | 1. | Diabetes insipidus |
| (b) | Hyposecretion of Insulin | 2. | Myxedema |
| (c) | Hypersecretion of Growth Hormone in Childhood | 3. | Dwarfism |
| (d) | Hyposecretion of ADH | 4. | Gigantism |
| (e) | Hypersecretion of Thyroxine | 5. | Diabetes mellitus |
| 6. | Exophthalmic goitre | ||
| 7. | Cretinism | ||
Cretinism is caused due to ______ of thyroxin.
Mention the name of disease based on the clue/symptom given below:
Swelling in the neck.
