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Question
If you stand to make your maiden speech before a large audience, your mouth dries up and heart rate increases. What brings about these changes?
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Solution
Adrenalin secreted by the adrenal medulla brings about these feelings.
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The diagram given below represents the location and structure of an endocrine gland. Study the same and answer the questions that follow
(i) Name the endocrine gland shown in the diagram.
(ii) Name the secretion of the gland which regulates basal metabolism.
(iii) Name the mineral element required for the synthesis of the above mentioned hormone.
(iv) Name the disease caused due to undersecretion of the above mentioned hormone in children.
(v) Name the disease caused due to hypersecretion of the above mentioned hormone.
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C. Hypersecretion of Thyroxine
D. Hypersecretion of Growth hormone
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Is the following gland an exocrine or an endocrine gland?
Adrenal
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Which hormone is secreted during an emergency situation in a man?
Write the exact location of the following glands:
Adrenal
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Two types of cortical hormones.
