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Important Questions on Chemical Coordination and Integration

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A chemical signal that has both endocrine and neural roles is:
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Which of the following pairs of hormones are not antagonistic (having opposite effects) to each other?
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Which of these is not an important component of initiation of parturition in humans?
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What causes Graves' disease?
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Match List I and List II

  List I   List II
A CCK I Kidney
B GIP II Heart
C ANF III Gastric gland
D ADH IV Pancreas

Choose the correct answer from the options given below: 

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Name a peptide hormone which acts mainly on hepatocytes and adipocytes and enhances cellular glucose uptake and utilisation.
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Leydig cells synthesize:
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A temporary endocrine gland in the human body is
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Which one of the following hormones though synthesized elsewhere, is stored and release by the master gland?
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Which one of the following hormones is not involved in sugar metabolism?
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Oxytocin and vasopressin are synthesized in
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Study the following and pick up the correct combinations
S.No Ductless Gland Hormone Function
(I) Thyroid Thyroxine Regulation of basal metabolic rate
(II) Parathyroid Calcitonin Lowers calcium in blood
(III) Pineal ADH Darkening of skin
(IV) Pituitary Prolactin Enlargement of mammary glands
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Which of the following hormones is produced by the pancreas?
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The posterior pituitary gland is not a 'true' endocrine gland because
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A diabetic individual becomes unconscious after self-administering insulin. What should be done immediately to revive the individual?
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Which of the following glucose transporters are insulin-dependent?
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Hypersecretion of Growth Hormone in adults does not cause a further increase in height, because
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Glucagon increases the blood glucose concentration by:
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What is an endocrine gland? What is the difference between an endocrine and an exocrine gland? Name the gland performs both endocrine as well as exocrine functions.

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The pituitary gland and hypothalamus are shown in the figure with labels 1 to 5. Identify them correctly.

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