Chemical Coordination and Regulation Question 16
16. Select the answer which correctly matches the endocrine gland with the hormone it secrets and its function/deficiency symptom:
| Endocrine gland |
Hormone | Function/ deficiency symptom |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | Posterior pituitary |
Growth Hormone $(\mathrm{GH})$ |
oversecretion Stimulates abnormal growth |
| (b) | Thyroid gland |
Thyroxine | Lack of iodine in diet results in goitre |
| (c) | Corpus luteum |
Testosterone | Stimulates spermato- genesis |
| (d) | Anterior pituitary uterus |
Oxytocin | Stimulates contraction during child birth |
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Answer : b
Hints & Solutions
(b)
- Growth hormone secreted by Anterior pituitary
- Corpus leutum secreted Progesterone
- Oxytocin is secreted by Posterior pituitary
