Select the answer which correctly matches the endocrine gland with the hormone it secretes and its function/deficiency symptom:
Endocrine gland | Hormone | Function/deficiency symptom | |
(A) | Posterior Pituitary | Growth Hormone (GH) | Oversecretion stimulates abnormal growth |
(B) | Thyroid gland | Thyroxine | Lack of iodine in diet results in goitre |
(C) | Corpus luteum | Testosterone | Stimulates spermatogenesis |
(D) | Anterior pituitary | Oxytocin | Stimulates uterus contraction during childbirth |
1. (A)
2. (B)
3. (C)
4. (D)
Toxic agents present in food which interfere with thyroxin synthesis lead to the development of:
1. toxic goitre
2. cretinism
3. simple goitre
4. thyrotoxicosis
A health disorder that results from the deficiency of thyroxin in adults and characterized by-
(i) a low metabolic rate
(ii) increase in body weight
(iii) tendency to retain water in tissues is:
1. hypothyroidism
2. simple goitre
3. myxoedema
4. cretinism