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Chemical Coordination and Integration · Question 54

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1

A health disorder that results from the deficiency of thyroxine in adults and characterised by (i) a low metabolic rate, (ii) increase in body weight and (iii) tendency to retain water in tissues is

  1. simple goitre
  2. myxoedema
  3. cretinism
  4. hypothyroidism.

Answer

(2) myxoedema

Solution

Deficiency of thyroxine (hypothyroidism) produces different disorders at different ages.

In children (or during pregnancy) it causes cretinism: stunted growth, mental retardation, low intelligence quotient.

In adults it causes myxoedema: low BMR, increase in body weight, puffy face and retention of water (mucoid, oedema-like swelling) in tissues.

Simple goitre is enlargement of the thyroid gland due to iodine deficiency; 'hypothyroidism' is only the general condition, not this specific disorder.

The disorder described is myxoedema.

Answer: (2)

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2

Which one of the following pairs of organs includes only the endocrine glands?

  1. Thymus and testes
  2. Adrenal and ovary
  3. Parathyroid and adrenal
  4. Pancreas and parathyroid
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3

The blood calcium level is lowered by the deficiency of

  1. both calcitonin and parathormone
  2. calcitonin
  3. parathormone
  4. thyroxine
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4

In human adult females oxytocin:

  1. causes strong uterine contractions during parturition
  2. stimulates pituitary to secrete vasopressin
  3. stimulates growth of mammary glands
  4. is secreted by anterior pituitary
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Feeling the tremors of an earthquake a scared resident of seventh floor of a multistoreyed building starts climbing down the stairs rapidly. Which hormone initiated this action?

  1. Adrenaline
  2. Glucagon
  3. Gastrin
  4. Thyroxine
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A person is having problems with calcium and phosphorus metabolism in his body. Which one of the following glands may not be functioning properly?

  1. Parotid
  2. Pancreas
  3. Thyroid
  4. Parathyroid
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7

Compared to a bull a bullock is docile because of:

  1. Lower levels of adrenalin/noradrenalin in its blood
  2. Lower levels of blood testosterone
  3. Higher levels of thyroxin
  4. Higher levels of cortisone
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Which hormone causes dilation of blood vessels, increased oxygen consumption and glucogenesis?

  1. Glucagon
  2. ACTH
  3. Insulin
  4. Adrenaline
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9

Which of the following is an accumulation and release center of neurohormones?

  1. Anterior pituitary lobe
  2. Posterior pituitary lobe
  3. Intermediate lobe of the pituitary
  4. Hypothalamus
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10

A steroid hormone which regulates glucose metabolism is

  1. cortisone
  2. cortisol
  3. corticosterone
  4. 11-deoxycorticosterone.
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Which one of the following is not a secondary messenger in hormone action?

  1. cAMP
  2. cGMP
  3. Calcium
  4. Sodium
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