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प्रश्न
Iodised salt is essential to prevent ______.
पर्याय
rickets
scurvy
goitre
acromegaly
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उत्तर
Iodised salt is essential to prevent goitre.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Define the following:
Hormone
In the table given below, fill in the blanks by naming endocrine glands, the hormones they secrete, and the function they perform, in a normal person.
| S.No. | Name of the gland | produced | Function |
| 1. | Thyroid | ||
| 2. | Insulin | ||
| 3. | Preparing the body for action | ||
| 4. | (i) Growth hormone (ii) Thyroid-stimulating hormone |
Draw an outline figure of the human body and show the location of different endocrine glands.
A gland having endocrine as well as exocrine function is
How do endocrine glands differ from other glands?
Mention any two differences between a hormone and an enzyme.
Name the hormone responsible for the following function:
Regulates the functioning of the male and female reproductive organs
What is a hormone?
Name the different endocrine glands found in the body of man.
Give the Technical Term: Name two hormones secreted by the alimentary canal.
Give the Technical Term: Name a hormone which controls developments of male secondary sexual characters.
Give the Technical Term: Name the structure which produces testosterone.
State the Function
Testosterone
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 |
Multiple choice question.
Which one of the following is a set of discrete endocrine glands?
The maintenance of constant internal environment is referred as ______.
Write the role of oestrogen in ovulation?
Distinguish between Diabetes mellitus and Diabetes insipidus (endocrine gland concerned).
Distinguish between the following pair:
Enzymes and hormones (mode of transport and target organ)
