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प्रश्न
Name the hormones secreted by the given endocrine glands and specify one function.
Pancreas
उत्तर
The pancreas releases two main hormones, Glucagon and Insulin.
1) Glucagon helps in increasing sugar level of the body.
2) Insulin helps in decreasing sugar level of the body.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Name one hormone secreted by the pituitary gland
What substances are made by endocrine glands?
Name the hormones secreted by given endocrine glands :
Thyroid gland
Name the hormones secreted by given endocrine glands :
Parathyroid glands
Name the hormones secreted by given endocrine glands :
Pancreas
Match the hormones given in column I with their functions given in column II :
| Hormones | Functions |
| (i) Thyroxine | (a) Causes breasts to develop in females |
| (ii) Adrenaline | (b) Causes the male to start producing sperms |
| (iii) Insulin | (c) Prepares the body for an emergency |
| (iv) Estrogen | (d) Controls the metabolic rate |
| (v) Testosterone | (e) Regulates the amount of sugar in blood |
Write the names of five endocrine glands found in the human body. Name the hormones secreted by each gland.
Which of the following is a mis-matched pair?
The hormone which is associated with male puberty is called :
(a) oestrogen
(b) adrenaline
(c) testosterone
(d) progesterone
The faulty functioning of an endocrine gland can make a person very short or very tall. This gland is :
(a) thyroid
(b) pineal
(c) adrenal
(d) pituitary
