Chemically hormones are:

1. Proteins, steroids & biogenic amines

2. Proteins only

3. Steroids only

4. Biogenic amines only

MSH is secreted by:
1. Anteria lobe of the pituitary
2. Middle lobe of the pituitary
3. Posterior lobe of the pituitary
4. Endostyle

Adrenaline has a direct effect on:
1. S.A. Node
2. β-cells of Langerhans
3. Dorsal root of spinal cord
4. Epithelial cells of the stomach

Function of thyrocalcitonin:
1.  To reduce the calcium level in blood
2.  To increase the calcium level in blood
3.  Oppose the action of thyroxine
4.  Maturation of gonads

Contraction in gall is bladder is stimulated by:

Select the correct matching of a hormone, its source and its function:

A rise in a heartbeat, increase in the cardiac output, blood pressure and blood sugar occurs during an emergency, by the hormone

1.  Aldosterone

2.  Antidiuretic hormone

3.  Epinephrine

4.  Oxytocin 

Glucagon and insulin hormone can be distinguished based on

1. Location of receptors i.e. intracellular or extracellular

2. Their source gland

3. Hepatocytes as target cells

4. Their role in the mechanism of maintaining glucose homeostasis

Select the incorrect match with respect to hormones and respective deficiency disease

1. PTH – Diabetes insipidus

2. Growth hormone – Dwarfism

3. Thyroid hormone – Cretinism

4. Adrenal cortex – Addison’s disease hormones

Diseases caused due to insufficiency of hormones include all except

(1) Cushing’s disease

(2) Addison’s disease

(3) Cretinism

(4) Diabetes insipidus