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Given below is a table designed to give the names of the glands, the hormones produced, their chief functions, the effects of oversecretion and undersecretion in respect of thyroid, pituitary and pancreas. Fill up the blanks 1–13.
| S.No. | Source Gland cells | Hormone produced | Chief function | Effect of oversecretion | Effect of undersecretion |
| 1 | (1) ______ | Thyroxine | (2) ______ | (3) ______ | (4) ______ |
| 2 | Beta cells of Islets of Langerhans | (5) ______ | Promotes glucose utilisation by the body cells | (6) ______ | (7) ______ |
| 3 | (8) ______ | Growth hormone | (9) ______ | (10) ______ | Dwarfism |
| 4 | (11) ______ | Vasopressin | Increases reabsorption of water from kidney tubule | (12) ______ | (13) ______ |
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Solution
| S.No. | Source Gland cells | Hormone produced | Chief function | Effect of oversecretion | Effect of undersecretion |
| 1 | (1) Thyroid | Thyroxine | (2) Regulates basal metabolism | (3) Exophthalmic goitre | (4) Simple goitre, cretinism in children and myxoedema in adults |
| 2 | Beta cells of Islets of Langerhans | (5) Insulin | Promotes glucose utilisation by the body cells | (6) Hypoglycemia | (7) Diabetes mellitus |
| 3 | (8) Pituitary (anterior) | Growth hormone | (9) Body Growth | (10) Gigantism | Dwarfism |
| 4 | (11) Posterior pituitary | Vasopressin | Increases reabsorption of water from kidney tubule | (12) Elevation of Blood Pressure | (13) Diabetes insipidus |
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