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What are tropic hormones?
Explain the term ‘Tropic hormone’.
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Solution 1
The hormones secreted from anterior pituitary, that stimulate certain other endocrine glands, are called trophic hormones.
Solution 2
The term "tropic hormone" refers to those hormones which stimulate other endocrine glands to produce their specific hormone such as gonadotropic hormones secreted by the anterior pituitary and also stimulate gonads to produce certain hormones.
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Expand the following biological abbreviation:
LTH
The pituitary is called the master gland.
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Which endocrine gland is also known as ‘master gland’?
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Controls tubular absorption of water in the kidney.
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| Column A | Column B | ||
| (1) | Glucagon | (i) | Neurohypophysis |
| (2) | Adrenaline | (ii) | Islets of Langerhans |
| (3) | Somatotropins | (iii) | Adenohypophysis |
| (4) | ADH | (iv) | Medulla |
Expand the abbreviation ADH.
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Give reason.
Pituitary is popularly called as the master gland.
