The development of secondary sexual characters in females is primarily controlled by:
1. Estrogen
2. Progesterone
3. LH
4. FSH
A hormone that is antagonist to the parathyroid hormone is secreted from :
1. Thyroid
2. Adrenal cortex
3. Hypothalamus
4. Parathyroid itself
Which of the following endocrine glands is under the direct neural regulation of the hypothalamus?
1. Pineal
2. Thymus
3. Posterior pituitary
4. Adrenal medulla
All the following are secreted by the anterior pituitary except:-
1. Prolactin
2. Somatotropin
3. Vasopressin
4. Gonadotropins
Hormones that act by interacting with intracellular include all the following except:
1. Thyroxin
2. Estrogen
3. Epinephrine
4. Cortisol
Which of the following hormones does not have an intracellular receptor?
1. Estradiol
2. Thyroxin
3. Adrenocorticotrophic hormone
4. Cortisol
AIDS is characterized by the presence of:
1. Nosocomial infections
2. Iatrogenic infections
3. Opportunistic infections
4. Subclinical infections
GnRH, a hypothalamic hormone, needed in reproduction, acts on
1. | anterior pituitary gland and stimulates secretion of LH and oxytocin |
2. | anterior pituitary gland and stimulates secretion of LH and FSH |
3. | posterior pituitary gland and stimulates secretion of oxytocin and FSH |
4. | posterior pituitary gland and stimulates secretion of LH and relaxin |
Name a peptide hormone which acts mainly on hepatocytes, adipocytes and enhances cellular glucose uptake and utilisation.
1. Insulin
2. Glucagon
3. Secretin
4. Gastrin
Changes in GnRH pulse frequency in females is controlled by circulating levels of:-
(1) estrogen and inhibin
(2) progesterone only
(3) progesterone and inhibin
(4) estrogen and progesterone