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प्रश्न
If sugar is detected in the urine of a person, name the disease he is suffering from.
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उत्तर
Diabetes is characterised by large quantities of sugar in the urine of a person. Deficiency of insulin hormone causes diabetes.
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Why are some patients of diabetes treated by giving injections of insulin?
Name the hormones secreted by the given endocrine glands and specify one function.
Pancreas
What is the name of the system of glands which produces hormones?
Which one term of the following includes the other three?
adrenalin, insulin, hormone, thyroxine, estrogen
Name the hormones secreted by given endocrine glands:
Adrenal glands
State the functions of Thyroxine hormones.
State the functions of Adrenaline hormones.
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 girls soft skin?
Dwarfism results due to:
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 underactive endocrine gland which causes goitre is :
(a) pancreas
(b) thyroid
(c) adrenal
(d) pituitary
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.
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(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.
A gland W is located just below the stomach in the human body. The gland W secretes a hormone X. The deficiency of hormone X in the body causes a disease Y in which the blood sugar level of a person rises too much. The person having high blood sugar is called Z.
(a) Name (i) gland W, and (ii) hormone X.
(b) What is the function of hormone X?
(c) Name (i) disease Y, and (ii) person Z.
(d) What advice would you like to give to a person who is suffering from disease Y due to faulty life-style?
A diabetic patient suffers from the deficiency of which hormone?
Assertion: On attaining puberty, breast size increases and reproductive organs develop in females.
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