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प्रश्न
Comment on homeostasis.
उत्तर
Homeostasis: Maintenance of constant internal environment of the body by the different coordinating system.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Give an example of a progestational hormone.
Describe the T. S. of thyroid gland
add a note on deficiency of thyroxine.
In the table given below, fill in the blanks by naming endocrine glands, the hormones they secrete, and the function they perform, in a normal person.
| S.No. | Name of the gland | produced | Function |
| 1. | Thyroid | ||
| 2. | Insulin | ||
| 3. | Preparing the body for action | ||
| 4. | (i) Growth hormone (ii) Thyroid-stimulating hormone |
Define the following:
Endocrine glands
What would a child suffer from if there was hyposecretion from his thyroid?
Name the following:
The largest endocrine gland
Give the special function of the following:
Corpus luteum
Which one of the following statement is true/ false?
The pituitary gland is both exocrine and endocrine in function.
Name the hormones secreted by the following glands:
(i) Anterior pituitary
(ii) Testes
(iii) Ovary
(iv) Adrenal cortex
(v) Pancreas
Name the hormone responsible for the following function:
Ossification of bones
Choose the correct answer:
Corpus luteum produces ____________
What do you mean by endocrine system?
Is the following gland an exocrine or an endocrine gland?
Salivary gland
Is the following gland an exocrine or an endocrine gland?
Liver
Organs like the stomach and intestine are also endocrine glands. Why?
Differentiate: Nervous control and Hormonal control.
Name the Following: Hormone controls absorption of water from kidney tubules.
Give the Technical Term: Name two hormones secreted by the alimentary canal.
Give the Technical Term: Name a hormone which controls developments of male secondary sexual characters.
Give the Technical Term: The structure which controls the master gland.
Mention, if the following statement is True or False. If false rewrite the wrong statement in its correct form:
Hormones are chemically protein.
Some of the endocrine glands are shown by the guidelines.
(i) Name the glands 1 to 5.
(ii) Name any two endocrine glands which are not shown in the diagram.
(iii) Name one gland which is both exocrine and endocrine.
State the Location
Prostate gland
State the Function
Oestradiol
Choose the Odd One Out.
Choose the Odd One Out
Choose the Odd One Out
Choose the Odd One Out
Column ‘II’ is a list of items related to ideas in Column ‘I’. Match the term in Column ‘II’ with a suitable idea given in Column ‘I’.
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Pituitary | (a) produces male sex characteristics |
| (ii) Ovaries | (b) decreases blood sugar level |
| (iii) Thyroid | (c) increases heart and breathing rate raises blood pressure |
| (iv) Thymus | (d) produces female sex characteristics |
| (v) Adrenals | (e) is known as emergency hormone |
| (vi) Hypothalamus | (f) regulates the level of calcium and phosphorus |
| (vii) Pancreas | (g) increases the rate of metabolism |
| (viii) Testes | (h) maintains the level of calcium |
| (ix) Parathyroid | regulates the amount of water excreted in the urine. |
| (x) Cretinism | (j) simulates skeletal growth |
| (xi) Diabetes mellitus | (k) regulates the activities of other glands |
| (xii) Insulin shock | (l) stimulates the development of male and female sex organs |
| (xiii) Gigantism | (m) Shortage of glucose in the blood. |
| (xiv) Enlargement of breasts in adult males | (n) Over-secretion of growth hormone |
| (xv) Exophthalmic goiter | (o) Excess of glucose in the blood |
| (xvi) Acromegaly | (p) Over-secretion of thyroxin |
| (xvii) Addison’s disease | (q) Dwarfism and mental retardation |
| (xviii)Cretinism | (r) Over-secretion of cortical hormones |
| (xix) Dwarfism | (s) Under-secretion of the adrenal cortex |
| (xx) Adrenalin | (t) Under-secretion of thyroxin in children |
| (xxi) Vasopressin | (u) Over-secretion of growth hormones in adults |
Leydig cells are meant for:
Which organ acts a temporary endocrine gland in females?
Which of the following gland is related with immunity?
Name the layers of adrenal cortex and mention their secretions.
______ gland is located in the neck region.
Choose the odd one out from series and write the category of the remaining terms:
Define the following term:
Endocrine system
