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The document provides information about various endocrine glands and the hormones they secrete: - The pituitary gland (P) is known as the "master gland" as it regulates the activities of other glands. It secretes growth hormone which controls growth and development. Hypersecretion in childhood causes gigantism while deficiency causes cretinism. Hypersecretion in adulthood causes acromegaly. - The thyroid gland (Q) secretes thyroxine which regulates growth, development, metabolism and the nervous system. Lack of iodine causes the thyroid to swell in a condition called endemic goitre. - The pancreas' islets of Langerhans (S

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Answers To Chapter 7 Exercises

The document provides information about various endocrine glands and the hormones they secrete: - The pituitary gland (P) is known as the "master gland" as it regulates the activities of other glands. It secretes growth hormone which controls growth and development. Hypersecretion in childhood causes gigantism while deficiency causes cretinism. Hypersecretion in adulthood causes acromegaly. - The thyroid gland (Q) secretes thyroxine which regulates growth, development, metabolism and the nervous system. Lack of iodine causes the thyroid to swell in a condition called endemic goitre. - The pancreas' islets of Langerhans (S

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Answer to Exercises of Chapter 7

Labelled part Endocrine glands Hormone secreted


P Pituitary gland Growth hormone
Q Thyroid gland Thyroxind
R Adrenal gland Adrenalin
S Pancreas (islets of Insulin
Langerhans)
T Ovary Female sex hormones
U Testes Male sex hormones

b) Which labelled part is known as master gland? Explain the reason.


P. It regulates the activities of other endocrine glands
_______________________________________________________________________________
c) State the hormone secreted by part P and explain its function.
Growth hormone. It controls the growth and development.
________________________________________________________________________________
d) The hypersecretion of hormone secreted by P since childhood will cause _gigantism______________
and its deficiency since childhood will cause _cretinism____________________.
e) Hypersecretion of hormone secreted by P in adulthood will cause __acromegaly____, a condition in
which their extremities or organs are exceptionaly long and large.
f) Lack of _iodine_ will cause part Q to swells. This condition is known as __endemic goitre_____.
g) A person with condition stated in f) can ___eat more marine plants_______________ to solve this
problem.
h) Name hormone secreted by Q and state one of its function.
Thyroxine, regulates growth and development/ promote metabolism/ speed up oxidative
decomposition of body substances/ increase the sensitivity of the nervous system.
________________________________________________________________________________
i) Under - secretion of hormone produced by Q during early childhood will cause
__cretinism________.
j) Over - production of hormone by Q can cause ___hyperthyroidism___________________.
k) Which labelled part is the largest endocrine glands? __Q (thyroid gland)____________.

l) The patches of cells in S that secrete hormone is called _the Islets of Langerhans_________.
m) State the function of hormone secreted by S. _To speed up the decomposition of blood sugar and to
promote the conversion of glucose into glycogen to be stored in the live and muscles. (To control blood
sugar level in human body)
n) Over - secretion of hormone by S will cause __hypoglycemia_____ while its under - secretion will cause
__diabetis mellitus________________
o) Normal range of blood sugar level is ___90mg/100mL ________ to ____100 mg/100 mL______.

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