CSS Zoology Questions & Answers - Set 49

1)   Endocrine glands are characterized by presence of:

a. Well developed ducts
b. Of no ducts to carry secretions
c. Poor blood supply
d. Poor nerve supply
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Of no ducts to carry secretions

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


2)   Father of endrochrinology is:

a. Scharrer and Scharrer
b. Sutherland
c. Addison
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Addison

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


3)   Intgrative systems in our body are:

a. Nervous
b. Endocrine
c. Nervous & Endocrine
d. Blood vascular
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Nervous & Endocrine

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


4)   A hormone is:

a. An enzyme
b. A glandular secretion
c. An excretory product
d. A chemical messenger
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: A chemical messenger

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


5)   Ductless glands which pour their secretions directly into the blood are known as:

a. Apocrine
b. Holocrine
c. Exocrine
d. Endocrine
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Endocrine

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


6)   Which of these is both endocrine and exocrine:

a. Thyroid
b. Salivary glands
c. Pancreas
d. Pituitary
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pancreas

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


7)   Endocrine glands are featured by:

a. Presence of a duct
b. Absence of a duct
c. Poor nerve supply
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Absence of a duct

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


8)   Endocrine glands secrete their secretions:

a. Into blood or ducts
b. Into blood
c. Into duct
d. Whenever they burst
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Into blood

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


9)   Beside regular endocrine glands the other structures of endocrine nature are:

a. Gastrointestinal mucosa
b. Polacenta
c. Gonads
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of these

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


10)   Pituitary glands is found in:

a. Brain
b. Around the trachea
c. Gonads
d. Pancreas
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Brain

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


11)   Master gland in our body is:

a. Pituitary
b. Thyroid
c. Pancreas
d. Thymus
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pituitary

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


12)   Pituitary gland is called leader of endocrine orchestra because:

a. It controls activities of all other endocrine glands in body
b. It controls growth of body in all vertebrates
c. It controls activities of thyroid, adrenals and gonads
d. It is largest than other endocrine glands in our body
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: It controls activities of all other endocrine glands in body

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


13)   Irregularities in which of these glands will affect our body most:

a. Gonads
b. Thyroid
c. Parathyroids
d. Pituitary
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pituitary

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


14)   Pituitary gland is also called:

a. Epiphysis cerebri
b. Hypophysis cerebri
c. Crus cerebri
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Hypophysis cerebri

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


15)   Hypophysis cerebri is a term used for:

a. Pineal
b. Pituitary
c. Thyroid
d. Thymus
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pituitary

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


16)   Pituitary in a woman is:

a. Larger than man
b. Smaller than male
c. Having same size as in man
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Larger than man

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


17)   In man the pituitary weights about:

a. 0.1 gms
b. 0.5 gms
c. 1.0 gm
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 0.5 gms

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


18)   Pituitary in frog consists of:

a. Adenohypophysis
b. Neurohypophysis
c. Both (a) & (b)
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both (a) & (b)

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


19)   Adenohypophysis in pituitary constitutes about:

a. 25% of its part
b. 50% of its part
c. 75% of its part
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 75% of its part

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


20)   Secretion of all of the hormones of pitulitary gland is controlled by which of these:

a. Neurosecretions from brain
b. Neurosecretions of hypothalamus
c. Secretions of other endocrine glands
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Neurosecretions of hypothalamus

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


21)   Adenohypophysis is distinguished into:

a. Pars distalis
b. Pars intermedia
c. Both (a) & (b)
d. Pars nervosa
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both (a) & (b)

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


22)   Pituitary is supplied blood from:

a. Circle Willis
b. Coronary
c. Aorta
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Circle Willis

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


23)   The hormones of pituitary are drained through:

a. Hypothalamo-hypophysial portal vein which also supplies controlling factors from hypothalamus
b. Innominates
c. Both (a) & (b)
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Hypothalamo-hypophysial portal vein which also supplies controlling factors from hypothalamus

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


24)   Which of the hormones of adenohypophysis checks breakdown of cells in our body:

a. STH or GH
b. TSH or TTH
c. PRL or LTH
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: STH or GH

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


25)   Secretion of STH or GH of pituitary is stimulated by:

a. Hormone of thyroid gland
b. Hormone of adrenals
c. A release factor from hyothalamus
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: A release factor from hyothalamus

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


26)   Inhibition of STH of pituitary is done by:

a. Hormones of thyroids
b. Hormones of pancreas
c. A factor from hypothalamus
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: A factor from hypothalamus

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


27)   Growth of muscle, bones connective tissues, cells, promotion of DNA and RNA synthesis, gluconegenesis process are done by:

a. STH of Pituitary
b. TSH of pituitary
c. ACTH of pituilary
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: STH of Pituitary

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


28)   Which of these hormones from pituitary is responsible for activation of breasts during pregnancy, secretion of milk after birth and functioning of corpus luteum during pregnancy:

a. PRL
b. LTH
c. Both (a) & (b)
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both (a) & (b)

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


29)   Gonadotropins is a collective term used for:

a. PSH and ICSH/LH
b. MSH and ACTH
c. PRL and LTH
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: PSH and ICSH/LH

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


30)   Which of these hormones of pituitary are also inhibited by factors from hypothalamus:

a. MSH
b. PRL/LTH
c. STH/GH
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of these

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


31)   Which of these hormones of adenohypophysis is essential for intensification of synthesis of hormones from adrenal cortex under a direct feed-back regulation:

a. ACTH
b. STH
c. MSH
d. ICSH
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: ACTH

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


32)   Secretion of which of these is not much controlled by pituitary:

a. Adrenal medulla
b. Adrenal cortex
c. Thyroid
d. Testes
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Adrenal medulla

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


33)   Neurohypophysis contains:

a. Oxytocin
b. Vasopressin
c. Both (a) & (b)
d. Oxyocin and prolactin
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both (a) & (b)

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


34)   Spermatogenesis is under direct regulation of:

a. Vasopressin
b. FSH
c. Luteinizing hormone
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Luteinizing hormone

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


35)   Secretion of androgens by testes is under the regulatory influence of:

a. Oxytocin
b. Follicle stimulating hormone
c. Luteotropic hormone
d. Luteinizing hormone
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Luteinizing hormone

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


36)   One of the defects of surgical removal of pituitary gland is fall in the level of sodium ions in blood and rise in potassium level. The reason for this being:

a. Atrophy of adrenal cortex
b. Atrophy of adrenal medulla
c. LTH is no longer being available
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Atrophy of adrenal cortex

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


37)   Which of these is different from rest of three:

a. Gastrin
b. Secretin
c. Glucagon
d. Ptylin
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Ptylin

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


38)   Chief similarity between enzymes and hormones is that both are:

a. Proteins
b. Used again and again
c. Used in minimum amount
d. Active at particular pH
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Used in minimum amount

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


39)   Which of these hormones of pituitary stimulates contraction of uterine muscles to induce labour pains for delivery:

a. Pitressin
b. Prolactin
c. Vasopressin
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pitressin

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


40)   A decrease in amount of ADH in blood would affect nicturition in which of these ways:

a. Increase
b. Decrease
c. Unaffected
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Increase

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


41)   Intermedin is also the name of:

a. ADH
b. STH
c. Oxytocin
d. ICSH
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: ADH

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


42)   Promotion of thyroid growth and synthesis as well as release of hormones from it is controlled by:

a. TSH
b. FSH
c. ICSH
d. LTH
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: TSH

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


43)   CRF (corticotropic release factor) from hypothamus controls release of which of these from pituitary:

a. ACTH
b. LTH
c. ICSH
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: ACTH

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


44)   Undersecretion of STH or GH from pituitary would cause:

a. Nanism
b. Gigantism
c. Acromegaly
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Nanism

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


45)   Acromegaly is caused by:

a. Hyposecretion of GH
b. Hypersecretion of GH
c. Both (a) & (b)
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Hypersecretion of GH

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


46)   Fluffy body, weak body, shrunken genitals and declined fertility are symptoms seen in:

a. Pituitary myxodema
b. Ateliosis
c. Acromegaly
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pituitary myxodema

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


47)   Acromegaly is exhibited by which of these symptoms:

a. Coarse skin with folds and hairs
b. Enlargement of nose, lips, tongue, foot, hands, lower jaw and internal organs
c. Muscular pain and impaired vision
d. All of these symptoms
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of these symptoms

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


48)   Both in gigantism and acromegaly there is enlargement of body but the major difference is:

a. In gigantism the growth of body and skeleton is symmetrical but not in acromegaly
b. In gigantism the growth of body and skeleton is asymmetrical but not in acromegaly
c. Gigantism is due to hyposecretion and acromegaly due to hypersecretion of STH
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: In gigantism the growth of body and skeleton is symmetrical but not in acromegaly

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


49)   Acromegaly and gigantism are due in:

a. Hypothyroidism
b. Hypopituitarism
c. Hyperthyroidism
d. Hyperpituitarism
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Hyperthyroidism

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


50)   Secretion of which of these is under nervous control:

a. Post pituitary
b. Anterior pituitary
c. Pineal body
d. Adrenal cortex
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Adrenal cortex

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


51)   Chemicals directly released into blood are called:

a. Pheomones
b. Enzymes
c. Vitamins
d. Hormones
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pheomones

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


52)   Which set of these disorders is due to oversecretion of concerned hormones:

a. Gigantism and expohtalmic goitre
b. Cretinism and mongolism
c. Rickets and diabetes mellitus
d. Cretinism and diabetes mellitus
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Cretinism and diabetes mellitus

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


53)   Ateliosis is caused by the defect of:

a. Hyposecretion of STH
b. Hypersecretion of STH
c. Oversecretion of ACTH
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Hyposecretion of STH

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


54)   A person suffering with ateliosis has a height of:

a. 120 cms
b. 50 cms
c. 200 cms
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 120 cms

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


55)   Dwarfs of circus are called:

a. Midgets
b. Higets
c. Begets
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Midgets

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


56)   Nanism caused due to hyposecretion of STH is often seen in:

a. Males
b. Females
c. Both (a) & (b)
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Females

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


57)   Hyposecretion of ADH would cause:

a. Diabetes mellitus
b. Diatetes instipidus
c. Both (a) & (b)
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Diatetes instipidus

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


58)   TSH stands for:

a. Thyroxine stimulating hormone
b. Thyroid stimulating hormone
c. Thymine stimulating hormone
d. Temperature stimulating hormone
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Thyroid stimulating hormone

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


59)   Hyposecretion of hormone from pituitary would lead to:

a. Cretinism
b. Goitre
c. Diabetes mellitus
d. Diabetes insipidus
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Diabetes insipidus

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


60)   Posterior lobe of pituitary is also called:

a. Neurohypophysis
b. Adenohypophysis
c. Infundibulum
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Neurohypophysis

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!