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प्रश्न
Why is the use of iodised salt advisable?
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उत्तर
Iodised salt contains iodine which is essential for making thyroxine by the thyroid gland.
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What is the name of the system of glands which produces hormones?
Name the hormones secreted by testes.
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.
Which halogen element is necessary for the making of thyroxine hormone by the thyroid gland?
Why do you need iodine in your diet?
Write the functions of testosterone and oestrogen hormones.
State the functions of Adrenaline hormones.
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 prepares the body for action?
Which hormone controls the amount of glucose in blood?
Which hormone gives boys a deep voice?
One of the following acts as an endocrine gland as well as an exocrine gland. This one is :
(a) salivary gland
(b) pancreas
(c) pituitary
(d) parathyroid
Which of the following hormone prepares our body for action in emergency situations?
(a) testosterone
(b) growth hormone
(c) adrenaline
(d) insulin
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 underactive endocrine gland which causes goitre is :
(a) pancreas
(b) thyroid
(c) adrenal
(d) pituitary
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?
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.
