Oxytocin and Vasopressin and Their Functions
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What is CPH4?
- Regulation of blood pressure
- Removal of urea
- Regulation of acidity of fluids
- Secretion of antibiotics
Which hormone stimulates the secretion of milk from female?
Progesterone
Oxytocin
Prolactin
LH
- Anterior pituitary lobe
- Posterior pituitary lobe
- Intermediate lobe of the pituitary
- Hypothalamus
What is the full form of ADH? How does ADH control osmoregulation in human kidneys?
What are the side effects of peptides?
Column IColumn IIA. Prolactin(i) Stimulates a vigorous contraction of the uterus during childbirth.B. LH(ii) Secretion of Glucocorticoids.C. ACTH(iii) Formation of milk in mammary glands.D. Oxytocin(iv) Secretion of male sex hormone.
- A- ii, B- iv, C-i, D- iii
- A- iii, B- iv, C- ii, D- i
- A-iii, B-i, C-iv, D-ii
- A-iv, B-i, C-iii, D-ii
- Second, third and first
- Third, first and second
- First, second and third
- Third, second and first
What are the three layers of the adrenal cortex?
- Cerebellum
- Medulla oblongata
- Hypothalamus
- Cerebral hemispheres
- Neurohypophysis synthesises vasopressin and oxytocin
- Neurohypophysis collects and stores vasopressin and oxytocin
- Adenohypophysis stores TSH and STH secreted by neurohypophysis
- Adenohypophysis secretes vasopressin and oxytocin
State one main function of the thyrocalcitonin hormone.
Identify the basic amino acid from the following.
Glutamic acid.
Lysine.
Valine.
Tyrosine
Statement 1: A woman passes out hCG in the urine during pregnancy.
Statement 2: The presence of hCG in urine is the basis for the pregnancy test
Statement 3: After the completion of a month of pregnancy hCG secretion starts by the placenta.
Statement 4: Gravindex test is performed on the urine sample to detect pregnancy.
Choose the correct option
- Statement 1 and statement 2 only
- Statement 2 and statement 4 only
- Statement 1, statement 2 and statement 3 only
- Statement 1, statement 2 and statement 4 only
- Sympathetic nervous system is activated releasing epinephrine and nor-epinephrine from adrenal medulla.
- Hypothalamus activates the parasympathetic division of the brain.
- Neurotransmitters diffuse rapidly across the cleft and transmit a nerve impulse.
- Sympathetic nervous system is activated releasing epinephrine and nor-epinephrine from the adrenal cortex.
The function of rennin is:
stimulation of corpus luteum
vasodilation
to reduce blood pressure
conversion of angiotensinogen
How does vasopressin affect blood pressure?
- Thyroid hormone - regulates basal metabolic rate
- FSH - regulates spermatogenesis in males
- Prolactin - ejection of milk from mammary glands
- Vasopressin - reabsorption of water and electrolyte from distal tubules of kidney
Which one of the following is also known as antidiuretic hormone?
(a) Oxytocin (b) Vasopression (c) Adrenaline (d) Calcitonin
- Oxytocin
- Prolactin
- Vasopressin
- Leutotrophin
What does LH In males stimulate?
State the following statement is true or false. If false, write the correct form of statement by changing the first or last word only.
Pituitary gland is both exocrine and endocrine in function.
- True
- False
- Estrogen
- FSH
- Testosterone
- ACTH
B. Oxytocin stimulates contraction of uterine muscles during birth.
C. Grave’s disease is caused by malfunctioning of adrenal gland.
D. ADH stimulates absorption of water and increases the urine production.
Choose the correct option.
- A, B and C are true; D only false
- A only true; B, C and D are false
- A and B are true; C and D are false
- A and D are false; B and C are true
What are the morphogenetic functions of hormones?
What is the effect of the sympathetic system on gastric secretion?
- Prolactin
- Oxytocin
- Estrogen
- Both a and b
Antidiuretic hormone ADH is produced from
Kidney
Hypothalamus
Anterior pituitary
Posterior pituitary
- A reduction in insulin secretion from pancreas
- A reduction in vasopressin secretion from posterior pituitary
- A fall in the glucose concentration in urine
- An increase in secretion of glucagon
State whether the following statement is true or false.If false rewrite the correct statement by changing the first and last word only.
Hormones are secreted directly into the organs
- True
- False