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Name the principal mineralocorticoid secreted by adrenal cortex.

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  2. Name the endocrine gland that secretes glucocorticoids.

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  3. Name the principal mineralocorticoid secreted by adrenal cortex.

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  5. How many hormones are secreted by anterior pituitary?

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  6. Name the endocrine gland that secretes norepinephrine.

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  7. Name the hormone whose deficiency causes diabetes insipidus.

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  8. Name the hormone secreted by thymus gland.

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  9. Name the hormone that influences secretion of oestrogen.

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  10. Name a hormone secreted by corpus luteum.

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  11. What is testosterone?

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  12. Where are the hormones of posterior pituitary synthesized?

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  13. Name the hormone secreted by alpha-cells of islets of Langerhans of pa...

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  14. Name one disorder caused by hyperfunction of pituitary.

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  15. Among several oestrogens, which one exerts the major effects?

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  16. Which hormone serves as the basis for early pregnancy tests?

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  17. Is the pancreas an exocrine or an endocrine gland?

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  18. Which hormone is produced and released when blood Ca level is high?

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  19. Write two important physiological roles of oxytocin.

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