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प्रश्न
What part does the diet play in helping us to have a healthy thyroid gland?
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उत्तर
Iodine is necessary in our diet for the proper functioning of the thyroid gland. Lack of iodine in our diet can cause a deficiency of thyroxine hormone.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Name the hormones secreted by the given endocrine glands and specify one function.
Thyroid
Name the hormones secreted by the given endocrine glands and specify one function.
Pancreas
Where are hormones made in the human body?
Name the disease caused by the deficiency of insulin hormone in the body.
Name the disease caused by the deficiency of thyroxine hormone in the body.
Name one gland which acts both as an endocrine gland as well as an exocrine gland.
Which one term of the following includes the other three?
adrenalin, insulin, hormone, thyroxine, estrogen
Why is the use of iodised salt advisable?
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 controls the amount of glucose in blood?
Name the gland which controls the secretion of hormones from the pituitary.
The hormone which is associated with male puberty is called :
(a) oestrogen
(b) adrenaline
(c) testosterone
(d) progesterone
A doctor advised a person to take injection of insulin because :
(a) his blood pressure was high
(b) his heart beat was high
(c) his blood sugar was high
(d) his thyroxine level in blood was high
The dramatic changes in body features associated with puberty are mainly because of the secretions of :
(a) estrogen from testes and testosterone from ovary
(b) estrogen from adrenal gland and testosterone from pituitary gland
(c) testosterone from testes and estrogen from ovary
(d) testosterone from thyroid gland and estrogen from pituitary gland
The underactive endocrine gland which causes goitre is :
(a) pancreas
(b) thyroid
(c) adrenal
(d) pituitary
A piece of thread was tied tightly around an animal's pancreatic duct. The animal subsequently had difficulty in digesting food but did not get diabetes. Explain.
How does chemical coordination take place in animals?
Name the gland and the hormone secreted by it in scary situations in human beings. List any two responses shown by our body when this hormone is secreted into the blood.
Name the hormone secreted in scary situations by animals. Write any three responses which enable the animal body to deal with it.
