Cortisol can perform all the following functions except 
1. Lipolysis and proteolysis 
2. Gluconeogenesis 
3. Immunosuppressive hormone and stimulates erythropoiesis 
4. Inflammatory response

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Biomolecules considered as an intercellular messenger is 
1. DNA 
2. mRNA
3. Hormone 
4. Enzyme
Subtopic:  Intro to Hormones & Endocrine Glands |
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Glucagon is considered a hyperglycemic hormone because of all except 
1. Performs glycogenolysis 
2. Stimulates gluconeogeneis 
3. Inhibits cellular uptake of glucose 
4. Acts synergistically to insulin 
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Select the odd one w.r.t. hormones of fight or flight 
1. Piloerection 
2. Pupilary dilation
3. Decrease in heart rate 
4. Increase in respiratory rate 
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Underproduction of hormones by adrenal cortex alters carbohydrates metabolism causing acute weakness and fatigue, dehydration and metabolic acidosis. This disease is called 
1. Addison's disease 
2. Cushing's syndrome 
3. Conn's syndrome 
4. Adrenal virilism 
Subtopic:  Adrenal Cortex: Aldosterone |
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Read the following sentences carefully and select the incorrect statement 
1. Water soluble hormones produce secondary messengers and accelerate biochemical reactions in the cell 
2. Receptors for fat soluble hormones are intracellular in location 
3. Thyroxine hormone with specific intracellular receptor regulates the gene expression 
4. cGMP is secondary messenger for adrenaline that interacts with intracellular or nuclear receptors
Subtopic:  Mechanism of Hormone Action |
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Select the incorrect match 
1. Simple goitre - Deficiency of iodine in diet 
2. Thymosin - Training school of T-lymphocytes
3. Exopthalmic goitre - Grave's disease
4. Myxedema - Hyperthyroidism during childhood in males

 
Subtopic:  Thyroid Gland Part I | Thyroid Gland Part II |
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Which of the following can be included under heterocrine glands? 
1. Thyroid and parathyroid 
2. Pineal gland 
3. Gonads and pancreas 
4. Thymus 
Subtopic:  Gonadotropin & Gonadal Hormones | Pancreas: I | Pancreas: II |
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Regulating hormones from hypothalamus reach Adeno-hypophysis through 
1. Neuron 
2. Neuroendocrine cells 
3. Portal blood vessel 
4. Diffusion 
Subtopic:  Adenohypophysis & Hypothalamus |
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The anterior pituitary hormones that does not stimulate another endocrine gland is 
1. Somatotrophin
2. Thyrotrophin 
3. Gonadotrophin 
4. Adrenocorticotrophin 
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