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प्रश्न
The diagram given alongside shows an endocrine gland in the human body. Study the diagram and answer the following questions:
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- Identify the gland. Write its specific location in the human body.
- Label the guidelines 1, 2 and 3 shown in the figure.
- Name any two secretions from part 1 and two from part 2.
- The deficiency of which hormone causes Diabetes insipidus? How is this condition different from Diabetes mellitus with respect to the abnormal substances present in the of urine.
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उत्तर
- The pituitary gland is shown above. A small projection hangs from the base of the midbrain, below the hypothalamus.
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- Anterior Pituitary
- Posterior Pituitary,
- Hypophyseal stalk
- Hormones produced by the anterior pituitary gland, including TSH. Posterior pituitary hormones include antidiuretic hormone (ADH) and oxytocin.
- Diabetes insipidus is caused by antidiuretic hormone deficiency. In this disease, the urine does not include glucose. However, in Diabetes mellitus, glucose is present in the urine.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Give the special function of the following:
Gonadotrophic hormone
Match the terms of column I with those of column II:
| Column I | Column II | ||
| (a) | Adenohypophysis | (i) | Thyroxine |
| (b) | Neurohypophysis | (ii) | TSH |
| (c) | Thyroid | (iii) | Oxytocin |
| (d) | Adrenaline | (iv) | Insulin |
| (e) | Islets of Langerhans | (v) | Epinephrine |
| (f) | Hypothalamus | (vi) | Growth hormone |
| (g) | Pituitary gland | (vii) | Pituitary gland |
Name the hormone responsible for the following function:
Responsible for normal growth of the whole body.
Give the names of the hormones released by neurohypophysis.
A boy shows excessive thirst and micturition because of deficiency of a hormone secreted by neurohypophysis. Name the disease he is suffering from.
Write the differences between the endocrine and exocrine glands.
Give one example of a Tropic hormone.
Name the only hormone secreted by pars intermedia of the pituitary gland.
State the names of hormones and glands secreting them:
Controls tubular absorption of water in the kidney.
Name the following:
Two hormones secreted from posterior pituitary.
Write the main function of the following hormone.
Vasopressin
