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Question
Name the following:
The hormone causing more urine formation
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Solution
Anti-diuretic hormone (Vasopressin)
RELATED QUESTIONS
Match the terms of column I with those of column II:
| Column I | Column II | ||
| (a) | Adenohypophysis | (i) | Thyroxine |
| (b) | Neurohypophysis | (ii) | TSH |
| (c) | Thyroid | (iii) | Oxytocin |
| (d) | Adrenaline | (iv) | Insulin |
| (e) | Islets of Langerhans | (v) | Epinephrine |
| (f) | Hypothalamus | (vi) | Growth hormone |
| (g) | Pituitary gland | (vii) | Pituitary gland |
Given below are two diagrams (one is correct, the other one is somewhat incorrect) showing the transport of a hormone from its source gland/cell to the target organ/cell.
What is the error?
Mention, if the following statement is True or False. If false rewrite the wrong statement in its correct form:
The pituitary gland is both exocrine and endocrine in function.
Mention, if the following statement is True or False. If false rewrite the wrong statement in its correct form:
The alpha cells of the pancreas secrete insulin.
Very very short answer question.
What is the cause of abnormal elongation of long bones of arms and legs and of the lower jaw?
The pituitary gland is divided into four lobes.
A patient complains of constant thirst, excessive passing of urine and low blood pressure. When the doctor checked the patients’ blood glucose and blood insulin level, the level were normal or slightly low. The doctor diagnosed the condition as diabetes insupidus. But he decided to measure one more hormone in patients blood. Which hormone does the doctor intend to measure?
Where is pituitary located?
Name the following:
Two hormones secreted from posterior pituitary.
Which of the following hormones released from the pituitary is actually synthesised in the hypothalamus?
