Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Which hormone controls the amount of glucose in blood?
Solution
Insulin controls the amount of glucose in blood.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Name the hormones secreted by the given endocrine glands and specify one function.
Pituitary
What is the name of the system of glands which produces hormones?
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 :
Pancreas
One of the following is an incorrect statement about insulin. This is:
The pancreas is made up of two parts A and B. The part A secretes insulin whereas part B secretes pancreatic juice.
(a) Which part is functioning as an endocrine gland? Why?
(b) What is insulin and what effect does it have in the body?
(c) Name the disease which can be treated by giving insulin injection.
(d) What does pancreatic juice contain? Where does pancreatic juice go?
(e) Name the life process in which pancreatic juice is made use of.
Which hormone regulates the ionic balance in the body?
A doctor advised a person to take an injection of insulin because:
Name the gland and the hormone secreted by it in scary situations in human beings. List any two responses shown by our body when this hormone is secreted into the blood.
