Question

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) ______

Answer 1

S.No.	Source Gland cells	Hormone produced	Chief function	Effect of oversecretion	Effect of undersecretion
1	(1) Thyroid	Thyroxine	(2) Regulates basal metabolism	(3) Exophthalmic goitre	(4) Simple goitre, cretinism in children and myxoedema in adults
2	Beta cells of Islets of Langerhans	(5) Insulin	Promotes glucose utilisation by the body cells	(6) Hypoglycemia	(7) Diabetes mellitus
3	(8) Pituitary (anterior)	Growth hormone	(9) Body Growth	(10) Gigantism	Dwarfism
4	(11) Posterior pituitary	Vasopressin	Increases reabsorption of water from kidney tubule	(12) Elevation of Blood Pressure	(13) Diabetes insipidus