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QUIA # 2

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Hormones produced by the Pancreas gland

a)

Thyroxine

b)

Insulin

c)

Adrenal cortisone

d)

Growth hormone

2.

Mention the function of the adrenal gland

a)

Control of metabolic rate

b)

Regulation of sugar in blood

c)

Stimulates thyroid gland to secrete thyroxine

d)

Prepares the body for action

3.

In humans, increased thyroxine production results in

a)

Increased metabolism

b)

Decreased metabolism

c)

Dwarfism

d)

Cretinism

4.

Glucagon stimulates the breakdown of glycogen in the _______ to glucose.

a)

Pancreas

b)

Kidney

c)

Liver

d)

wind pipe

5.

_________stimulates the breasts to produce milk after child birth

a)

follicle - stimulating hormone

b)

thyroid- stimulating hormone

c)

growth hormone

d)

prolactin

6.

______ caused due to the enlargement of the thyroid gland. It causes due to insufficient iodine in our daily food.

a)

Simple goitre

b)

Cretinism

c)

Myxoedema

d)

all of these

7.

Over secretion of thyroxine leads to

a)

Increased metabolic rate

b)

Diabetes mellitus

c)

Cretinism

d)

simple goitre

8.

Crotisone hormone is secreted by

a)

medulla of adrenal

b)

cortex of adrenal

c)

pancreas

d)

thyroid

9.

The emergency hormone to face the danger or to fight is secreted by

a)

Islets of Langerhans

b)

Adrenal cortex

c)

Pituitary

d)

Adrenal medulla

10.

Which one of the following endocrine glands produces its hormone in large quantities as a result of emotional stimulation?

a)

Thyroid

b)

Islets of Langerhans

c)

Adrenal medulla

d)

Adrenal cortex

11.

Adrenaline also called as

a)

epinephrine hormone

b)

emergency hormone

c)

both (i) and (ii)

d)

only (ii)

12.

which one of the following glands is also called the master gland?

a)

Thyroid gland

b)

Pituitary gland

c)

Adrenal gland

d)

Ovary

13.

State the location of the pituitary gland

a)

On either side of the wind pipe

b)

like a cap over the kidneys

c)

behind the stomach

d)

below the brain

14.

_______________release the sugar from the liver

a)

Insulin

b)

Glucagon

c)

Glycogen

d)

all of these

15.

_________ is a chemical substance secreted by an ________which is directly poured into the blood stream and acts on a target organ or cell

a)

Enzymes and endocrine gland

b)

Hormone and endocrine gland

c)

Enzyme and exocrine gland

d)

Hormone and exocrine gland