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What are hormones?

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Hormones (hormone means to excite) which are chemical messengers released into the blood and circulated as chemical signals and acts specifically on certain organs or tissues called target organs or target tissues.
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PREMIERS PUBLISHERS-CHEMICAL CO-ORDINATION AND INTEGRATION-OTHER IMPORTANT QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS)
  1. What are hormones?

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  2. Hormones secreted by the endocrine glands rwmain in blood ordestroyed ...

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  3. Differentiate exo and endocrine glands with example.

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  4. What are the functions of hypothalamus?

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  5. List the hormones of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland?

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  6. What are the functions of human growth hormones?

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  7. Write the negative feed back system operated in TSH.

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  8. Show how ACTH secretion is regulated by negative feedback mechanism.

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  9. What are the functions of FSH over gonads?

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  10. Write the impact of LH in both males and females ?

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  11. When the LTH has more impact over females? Why this hormone is named s...

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  12. Why ADH is called antidiuretic hormone? What is the condition if this ...

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  13. Which hormone is called "rapid birth hormone"? Why? What are its funct...

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  14. Name some Glycoprotein hormones.

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  15. Name some peptide hormones.

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  16. What are the two amino acids in a sequence which makes such a differen...

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  17. How light has its effect over the production of melatonin?

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  18. Define circadiain rhythm.

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  19. Name the two hormones of thyroid gland ?

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  20. List the functions of Thyroxine

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