A hormonal disorder that develops when pituitary gland produces too much growth hormone during adulthood is known as:
1. cretinism | 2. gigantism |
3. Conn’s syndrome | 4. acromegaly |
Sterility in a male can be caused by:
1. testosterone
2. prolactin
3. LH
4. ICSH
Being a nanopeptide, Oxytocin is closely related chemically to:
1. antidiuretic hormone
2. prolactin
3. melatonin
4. luteinizing hormone
Follicles are found in the ovaries and:
1. anterior pituitary
2. testis
3. thyroid
4. pancreas
The basal metabolic rate is most significantly influenced by:
1. | thyroxine | 2. | cortisone |
3. | adrenaline | 4. | melatonin |
All the following would be true for thyroxin except:
1. needed for normal mental growth
2. increases carbohydrate utilization
3. decreases lipid synthesis
4. decreases protein synthesis
The thyroid hormone that has the most potent effect on increasing metabolic rate would be:
1. thyroxine
2. thyroglobulin
3. triiodothyronine
4. thyrocalcitonin
The autoimmune disorder, Graves disease, is characterized by all the following except:
1. exophthalmos
2. a positive autoimmune test
3. general edema
4. intolerance to heat
The hypersecretion of which of the following endocrine glands can sometimes be corrected by radioactive iodine uptake?
1. pineal
2. thyroid
3. testes
4. pituitary
The most active form of vitamin D is:
1. 7-dehydrocholesterol
2. 25 hydroxycholecalciferol
3. 2 cholecalciferol
4. 1, 25 dihydroxycholecalciferol