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Important Questions on Neural Control and Coordination

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Which of the following hormones that controls blood pressure is secreted by human heart?

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When you hold your breath, which of the following gas changes in blood would first lead to the urge to breathe?

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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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A diabetic individual becomes unconscious after self-administering insulin. What should be done immediately to revive the individual?

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Which one of the following hormones is not involved in sugar metabolism?

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Three uniformly watered plants i, ii and iii were kept in 45% relative humidity, 45% relative humidity with blowing wind and 95% relative humidity, respectively. Arrange these plants in the order (faster to slowest) in which they will dry up.

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The posterior pituitary gland is not a 'true' endocrine gland because

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How dose steroid hormone influence the cellular activities?

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The rigidity of cellulose is due to:

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Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

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Hypersecretion of Growth Hormone in adults does not cause a further increase in height, because

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The amino acid tryptophan is the precursor for the synthesis of:

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Match the following hormones with the respective disease:

	Column – I		Column – II
$\left(\mathrm{a}\right)$	Insulin	$\left(\mathrm{i}\right)$	Addison’s disease
$\left(\mathrm{b}\right)$	Thyroxin	$\left(\mathrm{i}\mathrm{i}\right)$	Diabetes insipidus
$\left(\mathrm{c}\right)$	Corticoids	$\left(\mathrm{i}\mathrm{i}\mathrm{i}\right)$	Acromegaly
$\left(\mathrm{d}\right)$	Growth Hormone	$\left(\mathrm{i}\mathrm{v}\right)$	Goitre
		$\left(\mathrm{v}\right)$	Diabetes mellitus

Select the correct option

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Oxytocin and vasopressin are synthesized in

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Tidal Volume and Expiratory Reserve Volume of an athlete is 500 mL and 1000 mL respectively. What will be his Expiratory Capacity if the Residual Volume is 1200 mL?

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Identify the hormone with its correct matching of source and function.

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Fight-or-flight reaction cause activation of:

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Which of these is not an important component of initiation of parturition in humans?

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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 of the following pairs of hormones are not antagonistic (having opposite effects) to each other?