Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
The endocrine gland whose malfunctioning causes diabetes disease is :
(a) pituitary
(b) pineal
(c) parathyroid
(d) pancreas
Advertisements
Solution
(d) pancreas
The pancreas secretes a hormone called insulin. Insulin lowers the blood sugar level. Deficiency of insulin can lead to a disease called diabetes.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Name the hormones secreted by the given endocrine glands and specify one function.
Pituitary
Name the hormones secreted by the given endocrine glands and specify one function.
Pancreas
What is the name of the system of glands which produces hormones?
Name one gland which acts only as an endocrine gland.
Name one gland which acts both as an endocrine gland as well as an exocrine gland.
What part does the diet play in helping us to have a healthy thyroid gland?
Name the hormones secreted by given endocrine glands :
Parathyroid glands
Name the hormones secreted by given endocrine glands :
Pancreas
How does chemical coordination take place in human beings?
Why is the use of iodised salt advisable?
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 |
Write the names of five endocrine glands found in the human body. Name the hormones secreted by each gland.
The hormone which is associated with male puberty is called :
(a) oestrogen
(b) adrenaline
(c) testosterone
(d) progesterone
Dwarfism results due to:
Which of the following are often called glands of emergency?
(a) thyroid
(b) pituitary
(c) adrenal
(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.
Which is the target organ of both adrenaline and insulin?
(a) heart
(b) kidney
(c) liver
(d) pancreas
A gland W is located just below the stomach in the human body. The gland W secretes a hormone X. The deficiency of hormone X in the body causes a disease Y in which the blood sugar level of a person rises too much. The person having high blood sugar is called Z.
(a) Name (i) gland W, and (ii) hormone X.
(b) What is the function of hormone X?
(c) Name (i) disease Y, and (ii) person Z.
(d) What advice would you like to give to a person who is suffering from disease Y due to faulty life-style?
Which hormone regulates the ionic balance in the body?
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.
