Q. No.Which of the following is an amino acid derived hormone?
1. Epinephrine
2. Ecdysone
3. Estradiol
4. Estriol
Which hormone stimulate the production of pancreatic juice and bicarbonate?
1. Angiotensin and epinephrine
2. Gastrin and insulin
3. Cholecystokinin and secretin
4. lnsulin and glucagon
Graves' disease is caused due to:
1. hyposecretion of thyroid gland
2. hypersecretion of thyroid gland
3. hyposecretion of adrenal gland
4. hypersecretion of adrenal gland
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 |
The posterior pituitary gland is not a 'true' endocrine gland because:
| 1. | it is provided with a duct |
| 2. | it only stores and releases hormones |
| 3. | it is under the regulation of hypothalamus |
| 4. | it secretes enzymes |
GnRH, a hypothalamic hormone, needed in reproduction, acts on:
| 1. | Anterior pituitary gland and stimulates secretion of LH and FSH. |
| 2. | Posterior pituitary gland and stimulates secretion of oxytocin and FSH. |
| 3. | Posterior pituitary gland and stimulates secretion of LH and relaxin. |
| 4. | Anterior pituitary gland and stimulates secretion of LH and oxytocin. |
Which one of the following hormones is not involved in sugar metabolism?
1. Cortisol
2. Aldosterone
3. Insulin
4. Glucagon
Which one of the following hormones though synthesised elsewhere, is stored and released by the master gland?
1. Melanocyte-stimulating hormone
2. Antidiuretic hormone
3. Luteinizing hormone
4. Prolactin
A chemical signal that has both endocrine and neural roles is:
2. calcitonin
3. epinephrine
4. cortisol
| 1. | Organs in the body like the gastrointestinal tract, heart, kidney and liver do not produce any hormones. |
| 2. | Non-nutrient chemicals produced by the body in trace amounts that act as intercellular messengers are known as hormones. |
| 3. | Releasing and inhibitory hormones are produced by the pituitary gland. |
| 4. | Adenohypophysis is under direct neural regulation of the hypothalamus. |
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