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प्रश्न
Which hormone prepares the body for action?
उत्तर
Adrenaline prepares the body for action.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Name the hormones secreted by the given endocrine glands and specify one function.
Pituitary
Name one gland which acts only as an endocrine gland.
How does chemical coordination take place in human beings?
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 |
How do hormones reach the organs they control?
Name the gland which controls the secretion of hormones from the pituitary.
The hormone which is associated with male puberty is called :
(a) oestrogen
(b) adrenaline
(c) testosterone
(d) progesterone
A doctor advised a person to take injection of insulin because :
(a) his blood pressure was high
(b) his heart beat was high
(c) his blood sugar was high
(d) his thyroxine level in blood was high
Assertion: On attaining puberty, breast size increases and reproductive organs develop in females.
Reason: Ovaries release the hormone progesterone in females.
Name the hormone secreted in scary situations by animals. Write any three responses which enable the animal body to deal with it.
