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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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संबंधित प्रश्न
How does our body respond when adrenaline is secreted into the blood?
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
Which gland secretes the growth hormone?
Name the hormones secreted by testes.
Which halogen element is necessary for the making of thyroxine hormone by the thyroid gland?
What part does the diet play in helping us to have a healthy thyroid gland?
What substances are made by endocrine glands?
Name the hormones secreted by given endocrine glands :
Thyroid gland
Which of the following is a mis-matched pair?
One of the following is an incorrect statement about insulin. This is:
The hormone which is associated with male puberty is called :
(a) oestrogen
(b) adrenaline
(c) testosterone
(d) progesterone
One of the following statements is not true about thyroxine. This is :
(a) Thyroid gland requires iron to synthesise thyroxine
(b) It regulates carbohydrate, protein and fat metabolism
(c) Iodine is essential for the synthesis of thyroxine
(d) Thyroid gland can enlarge due to lack of thyroxine
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
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 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?
Assertion: On attaining puberty, breast size increases and reproductive organs develop in females.
Reason: Ovaries release the hormone progesterone in females.
How does chemical coordination take place in animals?
Write any three responses which enable the animal body to deal with a scary situation.
