Multiple Choice Questions

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This hormone reduces cellular glucose uptake and utilization

  • Glucagon

  • Insulin

  • Aldosterone

  • Thymosin

  • Thymosin


A.

Glucagon

Glucagon is a peptide hormone mainly produced by the alpha cells of the pancreas. It works to raise the concentration of glucose in the bloodstream.


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Sudoriferous glands occur in :

  • lung

  • kidney

  • skin

  • alimentary canal


Which of the following statement is wrong ?

  • Sella turcica is a bony cavity where the pituitary gland is located

  • Parathyroid hormone decreases the Ca2+ levels in blood

  • Thymosins play a major role in T cell differentiation

  • The middle layer of adrenal cortex is zona fasciculata

  • The middle layer of adrenal cortex is zona fasciculata


Match the hormones secreted by various endocrine structures and choose the correct option.

Column I Column II
i. Hypothalamus (A) Melanocyte stimulating hormone
ii. Pars intermedia (B)  Aldosterone
iii. Pineal gland (C) Gonadotrophin releasing hormone
iv. Adrenal medulla (D) Melatonin
v. Adrenal cortex (E) Catecholamines

  • i - E; ii - A; iii - D; iv - B; v - C

  • i - E; ii - D; iii - A; iv - B; v - C

  • i - B; ii - D; iii - A; iv - C; v - E

  • i - C; ii - A; iii - D; iv - B; v - E

  • i - C; ii - A; iii - D; iv - B; v - E


The pars distalis region of pituitary does not produce these hormones

I. Melanocyte stimulating hormone

II. Vasopressin

III. Prolactin

IV. Growth hormone

  • III only

  • I and IV

  • II and IV

  • II and III

  • II and III


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Function of the somatostatin is to

  • stimulate pituitary synthesis and release gonadotropins

  • inhibit the release of gonadotropins from pituitary

  • stimulate pituitary and promotes the secretion of growth hormone

  • inhibit the release of growth hormone from the pituitary

  • inhibit the release of growth hormone from the pituitary


Match the following hormones with the respective disease:

A. Insulin i. Addison's disease
B. Thyroxin ii. Diabetes insipidus
C. Corticoids iii. Acromegaly
D. Growth Hormone

iv. Goitre

v. Diabetes mellitus

Select the correct option

  • A - ii; B - iv; C - iii; D - i

  • A - v; B - iv; C - i; D - iii

  • A - iii; B - iv; C - i; D - iii

  • A - v; B - i; C - ii; D - iii


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