Which pituitary hormone is responsible for enhancing the arterial blood pressure by causing narrowing of arterioles? 
1. ACTH 
2. Somatotropin 
3. ADH 
4. LTH 

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Largest endocrine gland is 
1. Thyroid gland 
2. Adrenal gland 
3. Thymus 
4. Pituitary gland
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Failure of thyroid secretion from infancy leading to dwarfism and mental retardation is included under 
1. Grave's disease 
2. Cretinism 
3. Simple goitre 
4. Myxedema 
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Name the non-iodinised hormone secreted by parafollicular cells of thyroid 
1. Calcitonin 
2. Oxytocin 
3. Vasopressin 
4. Gonadotropin
Subtopic:  Thyroid Gland Part I | Thyroid Gland Part II |
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Symptoms like pot-bellied, pigeon like chest, protruding tongue and mental retardation are of 
1. Myxedema 
2. Cretinism 
3. Crushing's syndrome 
4. Addison's disease 
Subtopic:  Thyroid Gland Part I | Thyroid Gland Part II |
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Hyposecretion of which hormone is responsible for cretinism? 
1. Thyroxine 
2. Parathormone 
3. Growth hormone 
4. Calcitonin
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Increase in the excitability of nerves and muscles leading to sustained contraction of the muscles of larynx,
face, hand and feet is due to 
1. Hyper activity of thyroid 
2. Hyper activity of parathyroid 
3. Hypoactivity of thyroid 
4. Hypoactivity of parathyroid 
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Hormone secreted during allergy is 
1. Glucocorticoid 
2. Mineralocorticoid 
3. Insulin 
4. Thyroxine 
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Adrenal virilism results due to 
1. Poor secretion of sex corticoids 
2. Excess secretion of sex corticoids 
3. Excess secretion of aldosterone 
4. Poor secretion of aldosterone 
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The hypothalamus:
Statement I: is the apical part of diencephalon, forebrain.
Statement II: contains several groups of neurosecretory cells called nuclei which produce hormones.
1. Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is correct
2. Statement I is correct; Statement II is incorrect
3. Statement I is correct; Statement II is correct
4. Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is incorrect
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