Description : HMG-CoA reductase activity is increased by administration of the hormone: (A) Insulin (B) Glucagon (C) Epinephrine (D) Glucocorticoids
Last Answer : Answer : A
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
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : Select the correct statement. (a) Glucocorticoids stimulate gluconeogenesis. (b) Glucagon is associated with hypoglycemia. (c) Insulin acts on pancreatic cells and adipocytes. (d) Insulin is associated with hyperglycemia
Last Answer : (a) Glucocorticoids stimulate gluconeogenesis.
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 : Which of the following hormone increases the absorption of glucose from G.I.T? (A) Insulin (B) Throid hormones (C) Glucagon (D) FSH
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : Hepatic glycogenoloysis is increased by (A) Insulin (B) Glucagon (C) Epinephrine (D) Glucocorticoids ENZYMES 163
Description : Gluconeogenesis is decreased by (A) Glucagon (B) Epinephrine (C) Glucocorticoids (D) Insulin
Last Answer : D
Description : Which of the following hormones is not involved in carbohydrate metabolism? (A) ACTH (B) Glucagon (C) Vasopressin (D) Growth hormone
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 : Secretion of Insulin-like Growth Factor-I is promoted by (A) Insulin (B) Glucagon (C) Growth hormone (D) Somatomedin C
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
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 : 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 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 : Vasopressin is also known as (A) Antidiabetogenic hormone (B) Antidiuretic hormone (C) Somatotropic hormone (D) Pitoxin
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 pituitary hormones is known to have diabetogenic effect ?
Last Answer : Which of the following pituitary hormones is known to have diabetogenic effect ? A. TSH B. LH C. GH D. PRL
Description : What is the cascade of events that follows a stress or trauma to produce adrenal reaction? A) hypothalamus (ACTH-releasing hormone)-anterior pituitary (ACTH)-adrenal cortex mineralocorticoids and ... ) E) adrenal cortex (hormones)-hypothalamus (ACTH-releasing hormone)-anterior pituitary (ACTH)
Last Answer : A) hypothalamus (ACTH-releasing hormone)-anterior pituitary (ACTH)-adrenal cortex mineralocorticoids and glucocorticoids (regulate metabolism and sugar level)
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 : The hormone activating the glycogen synthase activity is (A) Insulin (B) Glucagon (C) Epinephrine (D) ACTH
Description : Match the following hormones with their respective disease. (A) Insulin (i) Addison's disease (B) Thyroxin (ii) Diabetes insipidus (C) Corticoids (iii)Acromegaly (D) Growth hormone (iv) Goitre (v) Diabetes mellitus Select the correct option ... (iii) (c) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i) (d) (v) (iv) (i) (iii)
Last Answer : (d) (v) (iv) (i) (iii
Description : Which of the following hormones is a steroid? (1) Estrogen (2) Glucagon (3) Insulin (4) Oxytocin
Last Answer : (1) Estrogen Explanation: Steroid hormone is produced by three endocrine organs. The testes, produces testosterone; the ovaries, produces estrogen; and the adrenal cortex, produces steroid hormones such as cortisol and aldosterone.
Description : With regard to membrane receptors for hormones: a. they are often glycoproteins b. they are important for hormones made up of steroid c. those for insulin exhibit an intrinsic protein kinase activity d. glucagon uses calcium as a second messenger
Last Answer : they are often glycoproteins
Description : Which one of the following pairs of hormones are the examples of those that can easily pass through the cell membrane of the target cell and bind to a receptor inside it (mostly in the nucleus)? (a) Insulin, glucagon (b) Thyroxine, insulin (c) Somatostatin, oxytocin (d) Cortisol, testosterone
Last Answer : (d) Cortisol, testosterone
Description : Which one of the following hormones is not involved in sugar metabolism? (a) Insulin (b) Glucagon (c) Cortisone (d) Aldosterone
Last Answer : (d) Aldosterone
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 : Which hormones do stimulate the production of pancreatic juice and bicarbonate? (a) Angiotensin and epinephrine (b) Gastrin and insulin (c) Cholecystokinin and secretin (d) Insulin and glucagon
Last Answer : (c) Cholecystokinin and secretin
Description : 81. Which one of the following pairs of hormones are the examples of those that can easily pass through the cell membrane of the target cell and bind to a receptor inside it (mostly in the nucleus) (1) Cortisol, testosterone (2) Insulin, glucagon (3) Thyroxin, Insulin (4) Somatostatin, oxytocin
Last Answer : Cortisol, testosterone
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 : A pheromone is A) an endorphin released within the anterior pituitary. B) a growth factor related to the production of tumors. C) a product of a neurosecretory cell that acts on ... ) a regulatory hormone that stimulates or inhibits the release of hormones produced by other endocrine glands.
Last Answer : D) a chemical released by one animal to affect the behavior of another animal.
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 : 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 : Which hormone will decrease blood glucose levels? A) thyroxin B) aldosterone C) cortisol D) insulin E) glucagon
Last Answer : D) insulin
Description : Insulin like growth hormones are produced by (A) Hypophysis (B) Liver (C) Pancreas (D) Thyroid
Description : Zona glomerulosa of adrenal cortex synthesises (A) Glucocorticoids (B) Mineralocorticoids (C) Androgens (D) Estrogen and progesterone HORMONE METABOLISM 223
Description : The defect in adrenal cortex responsible for lack of glucocorticoids and mineralcorticoids is (A) Androstenedione deficiency (B) 17 α -OH progesterone deficiency (C) C-21 hydroxylase deficiency (D) Testosterone deficiency HORMONE METABOLISM 209
Description : ACTH stimulates the secretion of (A) Glucocorticoids (B) Epinephrine (C) Thyroxine (D) Luteinizing hormone
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 : All the following hormones use cAMP as a second messenger except (A) Estrogen (B) FSH (C) Luteinizing (D) Glucagon
Description : The blood sugar raising action of the hormones of suprarenal cortex is due to (A) Gluconeogenesis (B) Glycogenolysis (C) Glucagon-like activity (D) Due to inhibition of glomerular filtration
Last Answer : A
Description : Which of the following hormones is considered a glucocorticoid? A) aldosterone B) insulin C) thyroxin D) cortisol E) parathyroid hormone
Last Answer : D) cortisol
Description : Which of the following hormones require iodine? A) thyroxin B) aldosterone C) parathyroid hormone D) insulin E) cortisol
Last Answer : A) thyroxin
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