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प्रश्न
What causes the following?
Acromegaly
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उत्तर
Acromegaly is caused by oversecretion of Growth Hormone (GH).
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Expand the following biological abbreviation:
FSH
Label the following diagram :
Long answer question
Explain the role of the hypothalamus and pituitary as a coordinated unit in maintaining homeostasis?
LH is secreted by ______
Which one is referred to as “Master Gland”?
Write the differences between the endocrine and exocrine glands.
Select the mis-matched pair.
You have learnt that a characteristic feature of endocrine system is the presence of feed back loops. By this what is meant if hormone A stimulates gland ‘X’ to secrete hormone B, the production of ‘A’ could be modified when the level of B changes in our blood. An example is the relation between hormones LH and estrogen (E2). An old woman exhibits the following features. High levels of LH in blood but low levels of E2 in the blood. Another woman exhibits high level of LH in blood and also high level of E2 in the blood. Where is the defect in both these women? Provide suitable diagram to support this answer.
Hypothalamus is a super master endocrine gland. Elaborate.
Identify the gland with the help of following clue:
The gland is located in mid-brain below the hypothalamus.
