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प्रश्न
Which is the target organ of both adrenaline and insulin?
(a) heart
(b) kidney
(c) liver
(d) pancreas
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उत्तर
(c) liver
The liver is the target organ for both adrenaline and insulin. Target organs and target cells are specific organs and cells upon which hormones act and produce their effects.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Name the hormones secreted by the given endocrine glands and specify one function.
Pituitary
Name one hormone secreted by the pituitary gland
Name one gland which acts only as an exocrine gland.
Name the hormones secreted by given endocrine glands :
Parathyroid glands
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?
Which hormone gives girls soft skin?
Write the names of five endocrine glands found in the human body. Name the hormones secreted by each gland.
Dwarfism results due to:
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 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
The endocrine gland whose malfunctioning causes diabetes disease is :
(a) pituitary
(b) pineal
(c) parathyroid
(d) pancreas
The gland X which is located just below the brain in the human head secretes a chemical substance Y which controls the development of ones and muscles in the body of a person. Secretion of too little of substance Y as well as the secretion of too much of substance Y by the gland X leads to abnormal development of the body of a person.
(a) Name the gland X.
(b) What is the chemical substance Y?
(c) What happens if too little of substance Y is secreted?
(d) What happens if too much of substance Y is secreted?
(e) Name the system of glands in the human body of which gland X is a part.
A squirrel is in a scary situation. Its body has to prepare for either fighting or running away. State the immediate changes that take place in its body so that the squirrel is able to either fight or run?
The secretion of which hormone leads to physical changes in the body when you are 10-12 years of age?
A diabetic patient suffers from the deficiency of which hormone?
Name the hormone secreted in scary situations by animals. Write any three responses which enable the animal body to deal with it.
