Hormones of Anterior Pituitary

Q.

From the picture, identify the endocrine glands and the hormones secreted by them.

1. (i) – Pituitary gland, (ii) – Testosterone, (iii) – Adrenal gland, (iv) – Auxin, (v) Pancreas, (vi) – Adrenaline

2. (i) – Adrenal gland, (ii) – Thyroxin, (iii) – Pancreas, (iv) – Auxin, (v) Pituitary, (vi) – Insulin

3. (i) – Pituitary gland, (ii) – Thyroxin, (iii) – Adrenal glands, (iv) – Adrenaline, (v) Pancreas, (vi) – Insulin

4. (i)Pancreas, (ii) Adrenaline, (iii) Adrenal glands, (iv) – Insulin, (v) – Pituitary gland, (vi) - Cytokinines

Q.

Which of the following glands secrete tropic hormone to control the secretion by other endocrine glands?

1. Adrenal

2. Pancreas

3. Thyroid

4. Pituitary

Q.

What is the happy hormone?

Q.

Which gland in the body secretes insulin?

1. Adrenal Medulla

2. Thymus

3. Pancreas

4. Pituitary

Q.

The hormones secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland that acts on gonads is/are_____

1. Testosterone

2. Gonadotrophic

3. Oestrogen

4. Progesterone

Q.

During the growth period in children, release of too much growth hormone may lead to

1. Cretinism

2. Acromegaly

3. Gigantism

4. Dwarfism

Q.

Expand the biological abbreviation : ACTH

Q.

Hormones from the anterior pituitary directly affect the release of which of the following?

1. Parathyroid hormone

2. Thyroxine

3. Epinephrine

4. Calcitonin

Q.

The hormones secreted by anterior lobe of pituitary to regulate gonads is

1. Testosterone

2. Gonadotrophic

3. Oestrogen

4. Progesterone

Q. Which of the following hormone sequences is correct?

1. GnRH - FSH - Ovaries
2. CRH - LH - Testes
3. GnRH - FSH - LH - Pineal gland
4. LH - FSH - Adrenal glands

Q.

Expand the abbreviations: TSH

Q. Insulin differs from growth hormone, as it

1. Increases activity of m-RNA and ribosomes
2. Affects metabolism of fats by inducing lipogenesis
3. Increase the permeability of cell membrane
4. Increases protein synthesis

Q.

Name the medical condition from the listed characteristics.

1. The increase in bone size in the face, jaws and fingers.
2. Excessive production of somatotropin during adulthood.

1. Gigantism

2. Acromegaly

3. Dwarfism

4. Myxoedema

Q. Identify from the following, a hormone produced from the pituitary gland in both males and females but is mainly functional only in females.

1. Relaxin
2. Somatotrophin
3. Vasopressin
4. Prolactin

Q.

Secretion of progesterone by corpus luteum is initiated by

1. LH

2. Testosterone

3. Thyroxine

4. MSH

Q.

Which is the pituitary hormone that stimulates the activity of testes in males and ovary in females?

1. Adrenocorticotropic hormone

2. Thyroid Stimulating Hormone

3. Gonadotropic hormone

4. Prolactin

Q.

Mention the following statements as true or false. If false, rewrite the sentence by changing the words written in bold face:

Malfunctioning of thyroid in infants result in Myxoedema.

1. True
2. False

Q. Give the special function of the following:
(i) Somatotrophic hormone
(ii) Thyroid stimulating hormone
(iii) Adrenocorticotrophic hormone
(iv) Gonadotrophic hormone
(v) Insulin hormone
(vi) Corpus luteum
(vii) Glucagon hormone

Q. Tropic hormones from the anterior pituitary directly affect the release of which of the following?

1. Parathyroid hormone
2. Calcitonin
3. Thyroxine
4. Epinephrine

Q.

Hormones from the anterior pituitary directly affect the release of which of the following?

1. Parathyroid hormone
2. Calcitonin
3. Thyroxine
4. Epinephrine

Q.

Hormones from the anterior pituitary directly affect the release of which of the following?

1. Parathyroid hormone

2. Calcitonin

3. Thyroxine

4. Epinephrine

Q.

Which one of the following hormones is derived from amino acid?

1. Epinephrine

2. Progesterone

3. Insulin

4. Estrogen