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The neuroendocrine gland is also called . (hypothalamus/thyroid)

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Important Questions on Chemical Coordination and Regulation

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Fight-or-flight reaction cause activation of:
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Which of the following pairs of hormones are not antagonistic (having opposite effects) to each other?
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Select the correct option describing gonadotropin activity in a normal pregnant female:
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Which of the following hormone levels will cause release of ovum (ovulation) from the Graafian follicle?
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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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Which of the following causes an increase in sodium reabsorption in the distal convoluted tubule?
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How dose steroid hormone influence the cellular activities?
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Match the following

  List-I   List-II
(A) Oogenesis (I) Oxytocin
(B) Ovulation (II) Melanocyte stimulating hormone
(C) Parturition (III) Luteotropic hormone
(D) Milk production (IV) Follicle stimulating hormone
    (V) Luteinising hormone

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Which one of the following hormones is not involved in sugar metabolism?
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Which of these is not an important component of initiation of parturition in humans?
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Select the correct statement.
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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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The function not related to thyroxine is:
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Identify the hormone with its correct matching of source and function.
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Which of the following produces testosterone?
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Hormones secreted by the placenta to maintain pregnancy are
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Match the following.

  Set-I   Set-II
(A) Cretinism (I) Adult hypothyroidism
(B) Simple goitre (II) Congenital hypothyroidism
(C) Cushing's syndrome (III) Iodine deficient diet-induced hypothyroidism
(D) Myxedema (IV) Hypersecretion of glucocorticoids

The correct match is

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Several hormones like hCG, hPL, estrogen, progesterone are produced 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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