Chemical Coordination and Integration

Select the correct statement

1. Glucagon is associated with hypoglycemia.
2. Glucocorticoids stimulate gluconeogenesis
3. Insulin acts on pancreatic cells and adipocytes.
4. Insulin is associated with hyperglycemia.

Match the following hormones with the respective disease : Select the correct option.

1. (a)-(v), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(iii)
2. (a)-(ii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(iii)
3. (a)-(v), (b)-(i), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iii)
4. (a)-(ii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(iii), (d)-(i)

How does steroid hormone influence the cellular activities?

1. Activating cyclic AMP located on the cell membrane
2. Using aquaporin channels as second messenger
3. Changing the permeability of the cell membrane
4. Binding to DNA and forming a gene-hormone complex

Which of the following glucose transporters is insulin-dependent?

1. GLUT III
2. GLUT IV
3. GLUT I
4. GLUT II

Which of the following is an amino acid derived hormone?

1. Ecdysone
2. Estriol
3. Epinephrine
4. Estradiol

GnRH, a hypothalamic hormone, needed in reproduction, acts on

1. anterior pituitary gland and stimulates secretion of LH and FSH
2. posterior pituitary gland and stimulates secretion of oxytocin and FSH
3. posterior pituitary gland and stimulates secretion of LH and relaxin
4. anterior pituitary gland and stimulates secretion of LH and oxytocin.

Hypersecretion of growth hormone in adults does not cause further increase in height, because

1. epiphyseal plates close after adolescence
2. bones lose their sensitivity to growth hormone in adults
3. muscle fibres do not grow in size after birth
4. growth hormone becomes inactive in adults.

Which of the following pairs of hormones are not antagonistic (having opposite effects) to each other?

1. Aldosterone – Atrial Natriuretic Factor
2. Relaxin – Inhibin
3. Parathormone – Calcitonin
4. Insulin – Glucagon

The amino acid tryptophan is the precursor for the synthesis of

1. estrogen and progesterone
2. cortisol and cortisone
3. melatonin and serotonin
4. thyroxine and triiodothyronine.

Graves' disease is caused due to

1. hyposecretion of thyroid gland
2. hypersecretion of thyroid gland
3. hyposecretion of adrenal gland
4. hypersecretion of adrenal gland.