Multiple Choice Questions

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Gonadotropin releasing hormone is transferred to anterior pituitary by

  • left coronary artery

  • hypophysial portal veins

  • axons of neurosecretory cells

  • nuclei of hypothalamus


B.

hypophysial portal veins

Hypothalamus is connected to the anterior lobe of pituitary gland by hypophysial portal veins. The latter carry blood containing neurohormones (releasing factors) from the hypothalamus to the anterior lobe of the pituitary.


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The reabsorption of water in the kidney is under the control of

  • LH

  • ADH

  • STH

  • ACTH


Which is gonadotropin hormone

  • GH

  • MSH

  • ADH

  • FSH and LH


Damage to thymus in a child may lead to

  • a reduction in haemoglobin content of blood

  • a reduction in stem cell production

  • loss of antibody mediated immunity

  • loss of cell mediated immunity


Parkinson's disease (characterized by tremors and progressive rigidity of limbs) is caused by degeneration of brain neurons that are involved in movement control and make use of neurotransmitter

  • acetylcholine

  • norepinephrine

  • dopamine

  • GABA


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Which of the following is both exocrine and endocrine gland

  • Liver

  • Pancreas

  • Thyroid

  • Adrenal


Moulting hormone is secreted by

  • corpora cardiacum

  • prothoracic gland

  • corpora allata

  • neurosecretory hormone


Deoxyribonuclease and ribonuclease are secreted by

  • liver

  • stomach

  • pancrease

  • kidney


Blood calcium level can be increased by the administration of

  • glucagon

  • thyroxine

  • parathormone

  • caleitonin


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When kidney of a person is damaged, he/she invariably suffers from anaemia because

  • RBCs pass through the glomerulus

  • sufficient erythropoietin is not produced

  • haemoglobin is not synthesised sufficiently

  • iron and vitamin B12 are not able to bind to haemoglobin


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