Chemical Coordination and Integration

Which hormone causes dilation of blood vessels, increased oxygen consumption and glucogenesis?

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

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

A steroid hormone which regulates glucose metabolism is

1. cortisone
2. cortisol
3. corticosterone
4. 11-deoxycorticosterone.

Which one of the following is not a secondary messenger in hormone action?

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

Which one of the following statements is correct?

1. Endocrine glands regulate neural activity, but not vice versa.
2. Neurons regulate endocrine activity, but not vice versa.
3. Endocrine glands regulate neural activity, and nervous system regulates endocrine glands.
4. Neither hormones control neural activity nor the neurons control endocrine activity.

Which one of the following hormones is modified amino acid?

1. Epinephrine
2. Progesterone
3. Prostaglandin
4. Estrogen

Which one of the following pairs correctly matches a hormone with a disease resulting from its deficiency?

1. Luteinizing hormone – Failure of ovulation
2. Insulin – Diabetes insipidus
3. Thyroxine – Tetany
4. Parathyroid – Diabetes mellitus

Chemically hormones are

1. biogenic amines only
2. proteins, steroids and biogenic amines
3. proteins only
4. steroids only

Duodenum, which has characteristic Brunner's glands, secretes two hormones called

1. kinase, estrogen
2. secretin, cholecystokinin
3. prolactin, parathormone
4. estradiol, progesterone.

Which one of the following pairs correctly matches a hormone with a disease resulting from its deficiency?

1. Relaxin – Gigantism
2. Prolactin – Cretinism
3. Parathyroid hormone – Tetany
4. Insulin – Diabetes insipidus