Human Endocrine System
Human Endocrine System: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as Endocrine System, Endocrine Glands, Hormones, Hypothalamus, Pituitary Gland, Growth Hormone, Dwarfism, Pineal Gland, Thyroid Gland, Thyroxin, Goitre, Parathyroid Gland, Thymus Gland, Pancreas as Endocrine Gland, Insulin, Diabetes, Adrenal Gland, Adrenalin, Testes, Testosterone, Ovaries & Oestrogen etc.
Important Questions on Human Endocrine System
Choose the hormone which regulates carbohydrate, protein and fat metabolism in the body so as to provide the best balance for growth:

Whose excessive secretion causes the body to look like a gorilla?

Which of the following is also known as the Master gland

It is found as four small glands

Which of the following is an animal hormone

Which one of the following elements is essential for synthesis of thyroxin hormones?

Which hormone regulates metabolism for body growth?

In human body, temperature control centre is

Which endocrine gland is called master gland


Human growth hormone is produced in


Match column-I with column-II and identify the correct answer:
Column-I | Column-II |
A | Insulin | i | Promotes tissue metabolism |
B | Thyroxine | ii | Stimulates milk secretion |
C | Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH) | iii | Testosterone secretion |
D | Oxytocin | iv |
Promotes glucose utilization by the body cells |
v | Increase reabsorption of water from the kidney |

Flight and fight hormone is:

A person suddenly spots a snake. His heart beat increases and blood pressure also goes up. Which hormone is being released in his body at that time?

Deficiency of which hormone causes diabetes mellitus?

Identify the relationship between the first two words and suggest the suitable word for the fourth place related to the third word.
Adrenal gland : Adrenalin : : Pancreas : _____ (Thyroxine/Insulin)

The sympathetic nervous system slows down digestion and increases heart rate in animals. Which of the following effects is not consistent with this?

Which endocrine gland in not controlled by
pituitary gland?

Which one stimulates the secretion of aldosterone by the adrenal cortex in humans?
