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Related Mcqs:

1. The hormone that constricts blood vessels in certain areas such as the gut raising the blood pressure is:

   A. Adrenaline
   B. Nor-adrenaline
   C. Oxytocin
   D. Both a & b

2. A hormone produced from the duodenum that effects the pancreas to produce and release pancreatic juice is:

   A. Oxytocin
   B. Gastrin
   C. secretin
   D. Pancreatin

3. A hormone produced by mucosa of the pyloric region of the stomach that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice is:

   A. Prolactin
   B. Gastrin
   C. Secretin
   D. None of these

4. A hormone that is a polypeptide chemically:

   A. Thyroxine
   B. Epinephrine
   C. Norepinephrine
   D. Vasopressin

5. The part of forebrain also acts an endocrine gland and is believed to produce oxytocin and antidiuretic hormone (ADH):

   A. Thalamus
   B. Hypothalamus
   C. Amygdala
   D. Cerebrum

6. Excess melanophore stimulating hormone is secreted during a disease:

   A. Epilepsy
   B. Alzheimer’s disease
   C. Parkinson’s disease
   D. Addison’s disease

7. In males the gonadal hormone is:

   A. 17 Beta-hydroxytestosterone
   B. Testosterone
   C. Progesterone
   D. Both a & b

8. One of the following hormones is named interstitial cell stimulating hormone (ICSH) in the males:

   A. Follicle stimulating hormone
   B. Luteinizing hormone
   C. Prolactin
   D. None of these

9. A hormone whose over secretion in pregnancy stimulates melanocytes in skin to produce brown pigment melanin which darkness the skin is produced by:

   A. Anterior pituitary lobe
   B. Median pituitary lobe
   C. Posterior lobe
   D. Both a & b

10. Too much cortisol hormone is produced during:

    A. Addison’s disease
    B. Cushing’s disease
    C. Graves disease
    D. All of the above