Is the following gland an exocrine or an endocrine gland? Adrenal
- AExocrine Gland
- ✓Endocrine Gland
- Ccyton
- DAxon
Answer: B.
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Is the following gland an exocrine or an endocrine gland? Pancreas
- AExocrine Gland
- ✓Endocrine Gland
- Ccyton
- DAxon
Answer: B.
View full solution →Is the following gland an exocrine or an endocrine gland? Thyroid Gland
- AExocrine Gland
- ✓Endocrine Gland
- Ccyton
- DAxon
Answer: B.
View full solution →Is the following gland an exocrine or an endocrine gland? Liver
- ✓Exocrine Gland
- BEndocrine Gland
- Ccyton
- DAxon
Answer: A.
View full solution →Is the following gland an exocrine or an endocrine gland? Salivary gland
- ✓Exocrine Gland
- BEndocrine Gland
- Ccyton
- DAxon
Answer: A.
View full solution →The endocrine part of the pancreas is ______.
Lack of iodine in diet causes ______.
In adult deficiency in secretion of thyroid produces a disease called ______.
A disease caused in children due fo under secretion of thyroxin is ______.
The activities of the thyroid gland are controlled by ______ secreted by the ______.
State the Location
Pituitary gland
Pituitary gland
State the Location
Prostate gland
Prostate gland
State the Location
Pancreas
Pancreas
State the Location
Adrenal
Adrenal
State the Location
Thyroid
Thyroid
Name the different endocrine glands found in the body of man.
Which parts of the alimentary canal produce hormones?
What are endocrine glands?
Given below is a table consisting of a set of items belonging to a common category. Complete the table by filling in the category and the odd one in the blanks
| Set | Category | Odd one |
| Adrenaline, Penicillin, Insulin, Thyroxin | __________ | __________ |
| Vasopressin, growth hormone, TSH, ACTH, FSH | __________ | __________ |
What is a hormone?
Give a labeled diagram of thymus gland.
Sketch and label the structure of adrenal gland.
Give a labeled diagram of parathyroid gland.
Draw and label the structure of thyroid gland.
Sketch and label the V. S. of pituitary gland.
Complete the following:
| Gland/Organ | Hormone | Function |
| (i) Stomach | __________ | __________ |
| (ii) Parathyroid | __________ | __________ |
| (iii) __________ | __________ | Lowers blood sugar level. |
| (iv) Adrenal medulla | __________ | __________ |
| (v) Pancreas (Alpha cells) | __________ | __________ |
| (vi) Testes | __________ | __________ |
What do you mean by endocrine system?
Column ‘II’ is a list of items related to ideas in Column ‘I’. Match the term in Column ‘II’ with a suitable idea given in Column ‘I’.
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Pituitary | (a) produces male sex characteristics |
| (ii) Ovaries | (b) decreases blood sugar level |
| (iii) Thyroid | (c) increases heart and breathing rate raises blood pressure |
| (iv) Thymus | (d) produces female sex characteristics |
| (v) Adrenals | (e) is known as emergency hormone |
| (vi) Hypothalamus | (f) regulates the level of calcium and phosphorus |
| (vii) Pancreas | (g) increases the rate of metabolism |
| (viii) Testes | (h) maintains the level of calcium |
| (ix) Parathyroid | regulates the amount of water excreted in the urine. |
| (x) Cretinism | (j) simulates skeletal growth |
| (xi) Diabetes mellitus | (k) regulates the activities of other glands |
| (xii) Insulin shock | (l) stimulates the development of male and female sex organs |
| (xiii) Gigantism | (m) Shortage of glucose in the blood. |
| (xiv) Enlargement of breasts in adult males | (n) Over-secretion of growth hormone |
| (xv) Exophthalmic goiter | (o) Excess of glucose in the blood |
| (xvi) Acromegaly | (p) Over-secretion of thyroxin |
| (xvii) Addison’s disease | (q) Dwarfism and mental retardation |
| (xviii)Cretinism | (r) Over-secretion of cortical hormones |
| (xix) Dwarfism | (s) Under-secretion of the adrenal cortex |
| (xx) Adrenalin | (t) Under-secretion of thyroxin in children |
| (xxi) Vasopressin | (u) Over-secretion of growth hormones in adults |
Differentiate: Nervous control and Hormonal control.
Given alongside are the diagrammatic sketches of some endocrine glands. Observe the figures and answer the following questions:
(i) Label the parts numbered 1 to 5.
(ii) Name the hormones secreted by (2) and (5).
(iii) Which chemicals in our body are greatly affected by hormones?
(iv) What is the chemical nature of hormones?
(v) Name the elements related to the functioning of hormones secreted by the structure (2) and (5).
(i) Label the parts numbered 1 to 5.
(ii) Name the hormones secreted by (2) and (5).
(iii) Which chemicals in our body are greatly affected by hormones?
(iv) What is the chemical nature of hormones?
(v) Name the elements related to the functioning of hormones secreted by the structure (2) and (5).
Thyroxin regulates metabolism.
Adrenal medulla produces adrenaline.
Adrenal cortex produces emergency hormone adrenaline.
Calcium is the main element of thyroxin.
Adrenal gland is called Master gland.
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