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Write the name and function of an amine hormone.

Important Questions on Chemical Coordination and Regulation

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

The correct answer is

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Several hormones like hCG, hPL, estrogen, progesterone are produced by
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The function not related to thyroxine is:
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Which of the following causes an increase in sodium reabsorption in the distal convoluted tubule?
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Which of the following produces testosterone?
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How dose steroid hormone influence the cellular activities?
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Select the correct option describing gonadotropin activity in a normal pregnant female:
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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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Which one of the following hormones is not involved in sugar metabolism?
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Hormones secreted by the placenta to maintain pregnancy are
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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 of the following pairs of hormones are not antagonistic (having opposite effects) to each other?
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Aldosterone is a mineralocorticoid mainly secreted by the zona _____ of the adrenal cortex.
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_____ of the forebrain regulates body temperature. 
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Fill in the blank with the correct option provided in the bracket.

Cortisol is secreted by _____ (adrenal medulla/renal cortex/adrenal cortex).

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Melatonin is a secretion of the _____ gland.