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#7 | Prolactin & Posterior Pituitary
(Zoology) > Chemical Coordination and Integration

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Oxytocin helps in 

1. Ovulation

2. Lactation but not childbirth

3. Childbirth but not lactation

4. Lactation and Childbirth both

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All the following are secreted by the anterior pituitary except:-

1. Prolactin

2. Somatotropin

3. Vasopressin

4. Gonadotropins

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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

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Which one of the following hormones is not involved in sugar metabolism?

1. Cortisone

2. Aldosterone

3. Insulin

4. Glucagon

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Match the source gland with its respective hormone as well as the function.

 

Source gland

Hormone

Function

1.

 

2.

3.

 

4.

Posterior pituitary

 

Corpus luteum

Thyroid

 

Anterior pituitary

Vasopressin

 

Oestrogen

Thyroxine

 

Oxytocin

Stimulates resorption of water in the distal tubules in nephron

 

Supports pregnancy

Regulates blood calcium level

Contraction of uterus muscles during child birth

 

 

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