Description : Secretion of somatotrophin is promoted by (A) Somatomedin C (B) Somatostatin (C) Growth hormone releasing hormone (D) Hypoglycaemia
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : Secretion of growth hormone is inhibited by (A) Somatomedin C (B) Somatostatin (C) Feedback inhibition(D) All of these
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : Given below is an incomplete table on hormones, their source glands and one major effect of each human body. Identify the option representing correct grouping of hormone its gland and ... hormone (b) Placenta Insulin Vasopressin (c) Ovary Insulin Calcitonin (d) Placenta Glucagon Calcitonin
Last Answer : (a) Ovary Glucagon Growth hormone
Description : A 55-year-old male undergoes a total abdominal colectomy. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true concerning the hormonal response to the surgical procedure? a. Adrenocorticotropic ... in serum insulin and a fall in glucagon accelerate hepatic glucose production and maintain gluconeogenesis
Last Answer : Answer: a, c One of the earliest consequence of a surgical procedure is the rise in levels of circulating cortisol that occur in response to a sudden outpouring of ACTH ... hepatic glucose production, and, with other hormones (epinephrine and glucocorticoids), gluconeogenesis is maintained
Description : It is unique that the following single antidiabetogenic hormone effectively counter acts the several diabetogenic hormones: (A) Glucagon (B) Glucocorticoids (C) Insulin (D) Growth hormone
Description : Which of the following hormones are synthesized as prehormones (A) Vasopressin and oxytocin (B) Growth hormone and insulin (C) Insulin and parathyroid hormone (D) Insulin and Glucagon
Description : Acromegaly results due to excessive release of (A) Thyroxine (B) Growth hormone (C) Insulin (D) Glucagon
Description : The output of free fatty acids from adipose tissue is reduced by (A) Insulin (B) Glucagon (C) Growth hormone (D) Epinephrine
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : Release of free fatty acids from adipose tissue is increased by all of the following except (A) Glucagon (B) Epinephrine (C) Growth hormone (D) Insulin
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : Diabetes insipidus is caused by deficient secretion of (A) Insulin (B) Glucagon (C) Vasopressin (D) Oxytocin
Description : The primary stimulus for insulin secretion is increased. (A) Blood level of epinephrine (B) Blood level of glucagon (C) Blood level of glucose (D) Water intake
Description : Gastric Secretion is regulated by the hormone: (A) Glucagon (B) Gastrin (C) Epinephrin (D) ACTH
Description : This pancreatic hormone promotes hypogenesis: (A) Insulin (B) Glucagon (C) Stomato station (D) Pancreozymine
Description : This hormone has disulphide group: (A) Glucagon (B) Insulin (C) T4 (D) Epinephrine
Description : Whcih of the following hormone does not activate adenylate cyclase? (A) Epinephrine (B) Glucagon (C) Parathyroid hormone (D) Insulin
Description : This pancreatic hormone increases the blood-sugar level: (A) Insulin (B) Glucagon (C) Pancreozymin (D) Pancreatic polypeptide
Description : HMG-CoA reductase activity is increased by administration of the hormone: (A) Insulin (B) Glucagon (C) Epinephrine (D) Glucocorticoids
Description : The hormone activating the glycogen synthase activity is (A) Insulin (B) Glucagon (C) Epinephrine (D) ACTH
Description : Which of the following hormone increases the absorption of glucose from G.I.T? (A) Insulin (B) Throid hormones (C) Glucagon (D) FSH
Description : Secretion of bile is promoted by (a) CCK (b) Secretin (c) Insulin (d) Gastrin
Last Answer : (a) CCK
Description : Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched? (a) Glucagon – Beta cells (source) (b) Somatostatin – Delta cells (source) (c) Corpus luteum – Relaxin (secretion) (d) Insulin – Diabetes mellitus (disease
Last Answer : (a) Glucagon – Beta cells (source)
Description : Adrenaline raises blood glucose level by the following actions except: A. Inducing hepatic glycogenolysis B. Inhibiting insulin secretion from pancreatic β cells C. Augmenting glucagon secretion from pancreatic α cells D. Inhibiting peripheral glucose utilization
Last Answer : D. Inhibiting peripheral glucose utilization
Description : What is correct to say about the hormone action in humans? (a) Glucagon is secreted by β-cells of islets of Langerhans and stimulates glycogenolysis. (b) Secretion of thymosins is stimulated ... receptors on ovarian cell membrane. (d) FSH stimulates the secretion of estrogen and progesterone.
Last Answer : (c) In females, FSH first binds with specific receptors on ovarian cell membrane.
Description : What is correct to say about the hormone action in humans ? (1) FSH stimulates the secretion of estrogen and progesterone (2) Glucagon is secreted by -cells of Islets of Langerhans and ... stimulated with aging (4) If females, FSH first binds with specific receptors on ovarian cell membrane
Last Answer : (4) If females, FSH first binds with specific receptors on ovarian cell membrane
Description : Increased reabsorption of water from the kidney is the major consequence of the secretion of the hormone? (A) Cortisol (B) Insulin (C) Vasopressin (D) Aldosterone
Description : Which of the following hormones is not involved in carbohydrate metabolism? (A) ACTH (B) Glucagon (C) Vasopressin (D) Growth hormone
Description : Which hormone causes dilation of blood vessels, increased oxygen consumption and glucogenesis? (a) Glucagon (b) ACTH (c) Insulin (d) Adrenaline
Last Answer : (d) Adrenaline
Description : Name a peptide hormone which acts mainly on hepatocytes, adipocytes and enhances cellular glucose uptake and utilisation. (a) Insulin (b) Glucagon (c) Secretin (d) Gastrin
Last Answer : (a) Insulin
Description : Which pair of hormones has opposite, antagonistic effects? A) insulin--glucagon B) insulin--progesterone C) estrogen--thyroxin D) thyroxin--parathyroid hormone E) epinephrine--norepinephrine
Last Answer : A) insulin--glucagon
Description : Which hormone will decrease blood glucose levels? A) thyroxin B) aldosterone C) cortisol D) insulin E) glucagon
Last Answer : D) insulin
Description : Glucagon activates the enzyme adenylcyclase which causes the increase of blood sugar level. Hence this hormone is called (A) Hypoglycemic factor (B) Hyper glycemic factor (C) Antidiauritic factor (D) Thyrotropin-releasing factor
Description : Which is NOT a correct association of tissues and hormones or functions? A) adipose tissue--leptin to regulate a feeling of fullness B) thymus--use of iodine to make thyroxine for ... insulin for regulation of blood glucose levels E) pancreas--glucagon for regulation of blood glucose levels
Last Answer : B) thymus--use of iodine to make thyroxine for regulation of body growth
Description : 6.4 Several actions of growth hormone are exerted through the elaboration of: A. Cyclic AMP B. Cyclic GMP C. Somatostatin D. Insulin like growth factor-1
Last Answer : D. Insulin like growth factor-1
Description : Secretion of androgens is increased by (A) LH (B) FSH (C) ACTH (D) Growth hormone
Description : Decreased secretion of growth hormone during childhood causes (A) Simmond’s disease (B) Cushing’s disease (C) Dwarfism (D) Cretinism
Description : Which of the following pairs of hormones are not antagonistic (having opposite effects) to each other? (a) Aldosterone Atrial Natriuretic Factor (b) Relaxin Inhibin (c) Parathormone Calcitonin (d) Insulin Glucagon
Last Answer : (b) Relaxin Inhibin
Description : Epinephrine increases all of the following except (A) Glycogenolysis in muscles (B) Lipolysis in adipose tissue (C) Gluconeogenesis in muscles (D) Glucagon secretion
Description : Glucagon secretion increases (A) After a carbohydrate-rich meal (B) After a fat-rich meal (C) When blood glucose is high (D) When blood glucose is low
Description : Select the correct matching of a hormone, its source and function. Hormone Source Function (a) Vasopressin Posterior Increases loss pituitary of water through urine (b) Norepine- Adrenal ... (d) Prolactin Posterior Regulates growth pituitary of mammary glands and milk formation in females
Last Answer : (b) Norepine- Adrenal Increases heart phrine medulla beat, rate of respiration and alterness
Description : The first protein synthesized by recombinant DNA technology was (A) Streptokinase (B) Human growth hormone (C) Tissue plasminogen activator (D) Human insulin
Description : Whcih of the following hormone is a peptide of less than ten amino acids? (A) Insulin (B) Growth hormone (C) Oxytocin (D) Parathyroid hormone 228 MCQs IN BIOCHEMISTRY
Description : All the following hormones promote hyperglycemia except (A) Epinephrine (B) Norepinephrine (C) Insulin (D) Glucagon
Description : Which one of the following hormones is derived most completely from tyrosine? (A) Glucagon (B) Thyroxine (C) Insulin (D) Prostaglandins
Description : Which of the following statements is correct? (A) Thyroxine inhibits utilization of glucose (B) Insulin increases utilization of glucose (C) Glucagon promotes muscle glycogenolysis (D) Insulin inhibits lipogenesis from carbohydrates
Description : Which of the following does not have disulphide bond? (A) Oxytocin (B) Vasopressin (C) Insulin (D) Glucagon
Description : Activation of IRS-1, PI-3 kinase and GRB2 is brought about by (A) Glucagon (B) Insulin (C) Prolactin (D) IGF-2
Description : The α-cells of pancreas islets produce (A) Insulin (B) Glucagon (C) Somatostatin (D) Pancreatic polypeptide
Description : β-cells of islet of langerhans of the pancreas secrete (A) Insulin (B) Glucagon (C) Somatostatin (D) Pancreatic polypeptide
Description : Chromium is potentiator of (A) Insulin (B) Glucagon (C) Thyroxine (D) Parathromone